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Recognised as Colour

#B029EC

  • #B029EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B029EC is a violet with RGB values 176, 41, 236 and HSL 282°, 84%, 54%. 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

#B029EC#B029EC
HEX#B029EC
RGBrgb(176, 41, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.1608, 0.9255
RGB percentages69%, 16.1%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(281.5, 83.7%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.5, 82.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK25.4%, 82.6%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,545,068
CSS custom property--colour: #B029EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.8:1
Contrast with white4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#4FD613

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0075E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A85D8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.7Blue violet · ΔE 11Dark orchid · ΔE 17.3Fuchsia · ΔE 25.5Magenta · ΔE 25.5Medium orchid · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#65EC29
Analogous#4F29EC, #EC29C6
Triadic#ECB029, #29ECB0
Split complementary#C6EC29, #29EC4F
Tetradic#EC4F29, #65EC29, #29C6EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5E4FD
Lighter +30%#E4B6F8
Lighter +20%#D387F4
Lighter +10%#C158F0
Darker −10%#9512D0
Darker −20%#740EA1
Darker −30%#520A72
Darker −40%#300643
More saturated +25%#B716FF
Less saturated −25%#A546CF

Channel breakdown

R176
G41
B236
Red176 (69%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue281.54°
Saturation (HSL)83.69%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G 29 · B EC

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