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Recognised as Colour

#B952FD

  • #B952FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B952FD is a violet with RGB values 185, 82, 253 and HSL 276°, 98%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B952FD#B952FD
HEX#B952FD
RGBrgb(185, 82, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.3216, 0.9922
RGB percentages72.5%, 32.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(276.1, 97.7%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.1, 67.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK26.9%, 67.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,145,405
CSS custom property--colour: #B952FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.69:1
Contrast with white3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#46AD02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0081FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#2E86F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AF77A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 14.9Blue violet · ΔE 15Dark violet · ΔE 17.8Medium orchid · ΔE 22.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 28Fuchsia · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 14.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96FD52
Analogous#6452FD, #FD52EB
Triadic#FDB952, #52FDB9
Split complementary#ECFD52, #52FD64
Tetradic#FD6452, #96FD52, #52EBFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6E9FF
Lighter +20%#E2B7FE
Lighter +10%#CD84FE
Darker −10%#A520FC
Darker −20%#8C03E6
Darker −30%#6D02B4
Darker −40%#4F0182
More saturated +25%#B950FF
Less saturated −25%#B568E7

Channel breakdown

R185
G82
B253
Red185 (72.5%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue276.14°
Saturation (HSL)97.71%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B9 · G 52 · B FD

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