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Recognised as Colour

#B00FFF

  • #B00FFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B00FFF is a violet with RGB values 176, 15, 255 and HSL 280°, 100%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B00FFF#B00FFF
HEX#B00FFF
RGBrgb(176, 15, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.0588, 1
RGB percentages69%, 5.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(280.3, 100%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 94.1%, 100%)
CMYK31%, 94.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,538,431
CSS custom property--colour: #B00FFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#4FF000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A36097no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 17.1Blue violet · ΔE 18.7Fuchsia · ΔE 26.8Magenta · ΔE 26.8Dark orchid · ΔE 30.4Blue · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 17.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5EFF0F
Analogous#380FFF, #FF0FD6
Triadic#FFB00F, #0FFFB0
Split complementary#D6FF0F, #0FFF38
Tetradic#FF380F, #5EFF0F, #0FD6FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3DBFF
Lighter +30%#E2A8FF
Lighter +20%#D275FF
Lighter +10%#C142FF
Darker −10%#9300DB
Darker −20%#7100A8
Darker −30%#4E0075
Darker −40%#2C0042
More saturated +25%#B00FFF
Less saturated −25%#A62DE1

Channel breakdown

R176
G15
B255
Red176 (69%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue280.25°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G 0F · B FF

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