Recognised as Colour

#B97FEA

#B97FEA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#B97FEA is a violet with RGB values 185, 127, 234 and HSL 273°, 72%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#B97FEA

RGBrgb(185, 127, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.498, 0.9176

RGB percentages72.5%, 49.8%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(272.5, 71.8%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.5, 45.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK20.9%, 45.7%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,156,906

CSS custom property--colour: #B97FEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.29:1

Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#468015

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6496EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7499E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B290A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.5 Orchid · ΔE 17.3 Violet · ΔE 18.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 19.3 Slate blue · ΔE 22.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B0EA7F

Analogous#847FEA, #EA7FE5

Triadic#EAB97F, #7FEAB9

Split complementary#E5EA7F, #7FEA84

Tetradic#EA847F, #B0EA7F, #7FE5EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E9D7F8

Lighter +10%#D1ABF1

Darker −10%#A153E3

Darker −20%#8927DC

Darker −30%#6E1DB3

Darker −40%#531687

More saturated +25%#BB6CFD

Less saturated −25%#B792D7

Channel breakdown

R185

G127

B234

Red185 (72.5%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue272.52°

Saturation (HSL)71.81%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B9 · G 7F · B EA

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Colour harmonies

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