Recognised as Colour

#B002FF

#B002FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#B002FF is a violet with RGB values 176, 2, 255 and HSL 281°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B002FF#B002FF

HEX#B002FF

RGBrgb(176, 2, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.0078, 1

RGB percentages69%, 0.8%, 100%

HSLhsl(281.3, 100%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.3, 99.2%, 100%)

CMYK31%, 99.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,535,103

CSS custom property--colour: #B002FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.89:1

Contrast with white4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#4FFD00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0072FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A35F96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 18 Blue violet · ΔE 19.8 Fuchsia · ΔE 27 Magenta · ΔE 27 Blue · ΔE 31.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 18.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#51FF02

Analogous#3202FF, #FF02CF

Triadic#FFB002, #02FFB0

Split complementary#CFFF02, #02FF32

Tetradic#FF3202, #51FF02, #02CFFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0CEFF

Lighter +30%#E09BFF

Lighter +20%#D068FF

Lighter +10%#C035FF

Darker −10%#8E00CE

Darker −20%#6B009B

Darker −30%#480068

Darker −40%#240035

More saturated +25%#B002FF

Less saturated −25%#A422DF

Channel breakdown

R176

B255

Red176 (69%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue281.26°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B0 · G 02 · B FF

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