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Recognised as Colour

#B94AFA

  • #B94AFA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#B94AFA is a violet with RGB values 185, 74, 250 and HSL 278°, 95%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#B94AFA#B94AFA
HEX#B94AFA
RGBrgb(185, 74, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.2902, 0.9804
RGB percentages72.5%, 29%, 98%
HSLhsl(277.8, 94.6%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.8, 70.4%, 98%)
CMYK26%, 70.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,143,354
CSS custom property--colour: #B94AFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.42:1
Contrast with white3.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#46B505

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#2683F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B0729Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.87:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.6Dark orchid · ΔE 15Dark violet · ΔE 15.5Medium orchid · ΔE 24.5Fuchsia · ΔE 28.6Magenta · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BFA4A
Analogous#614AFA, #FA4AE3
Triadic#FAB94A, #4AFAB9
Split complementary#E3FA4A, #4AFA61
Tetradic#FA614A, #8BFA4A, #4AE3FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3DFFE
Lighter +20%#DFADFD
Lighter +10%#CC7CFB
Darker −10%#A618F9
Darker −20%#8A06D8
Darker −30%#6B05A6
Darker −40%#4B0375
More saturated +25%#BA45FF
Less saturated −25%#B361E3

Channel breakdown

R185
G74
B250
Red185 (72.5%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue277.84°
Saturation (HSL)94.62%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B9 · G 4A · B FA

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