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Recognised as Colour

#B925ED

  • #B925ED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B925ED is a violet with RGB values 185, 37, 237 and HSL 284°, 85%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B925ED#B925ED
HEX#B925ED
RGBrgb(185, 37, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.1451, 0.9294
RGB percentages72.5%, 14.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(284.4, 84.7%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.4, 84.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK21.9%, 84.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,133,869
CSS custom property--colour: #B925ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#46DA12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original
Deuteranopia#0478E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B45B8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.6Blue violet · ΔE 13.9Dark orchid · ΔE 18.9Fuchsia · ΔE 22.5Magenta · ΔE 22.5Medium orchid · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59ED25
Analogous#5525ED, #ED25BD
Triadic#EDB925, #25EDB9
Split complementary#BDED25, #25ED55
Tetradic#ED5525, #59ED25, #25BDED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6E1FD
Lighter +30%#E6B2F9
Lighter +20%#D783F5
Lighter +10%#C854F1
Darker −10%#9D11CE
Darker −20%#790D9F
Darker −30%#550970
Darker −40%#310541
More saturated +25%#C213FF
Less saturated −25%#AB42D0

Channel breakdown

R185
G37
B237
Red185 (72.5%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue284.4°
Saturation (HSL)84.75%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B9 · G 25 · B ED

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