Recognised as Colour

#8900FB

#8900FB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8900FB is a violet with RGB values 137, 0, 251 and HSL 273°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8900FB#8900FB

HEX#8900FB

RGBrgb(137, 0, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0, 0.9843

RGB percentages53.7%, 0%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(272.7, 100%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.7, 100%, 98.4%)

CMYK45.4%, 100%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,978,683

CSS custom property--colour: #8900FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12283WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.08:1

Contrast with white6.08:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#76FF04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0063FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0060F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Tritanopia#696294no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 20 Dark violet · ΔE 20.6 Blue · ΔE 20.7 Medium blue · ΔE 23.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 34.7 Fuchsia · ΔE 37.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 20, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#72FB00

Analogous#0C00FB, #FB00EF

Triadic#FB8900, #00FB89

Split complementary#EFFB00, #00FB0C

Tetradic#FB0C00, #72FB00, #00EFFB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6C8FF

Lighter +30%#CF95FF

Lighter +20%#B862FF

Lighter +10%#A12FFF

Darker −10%#6D00C8

Darker −20%#510095

Darker −30%#350062

Darker −40%#1A002F

More saturated +25%#8900FB

Less saturated −25%#861FDC

Channel breakdown

R137

B251

Red137 (53.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue272.75°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 89 · G 00 · B FB

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