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Colour

#B039FF

  • #B039FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#B039FF is a violet with RGB values 176, 57, 255 and HSL 276°, 100%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#B039FF#B039FF
HEX#B039FF
RGBrgb(176, 57, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.2235, 1
RGB percentages69%, 22.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(276.1, 100%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.1, 77.6%, 100%)
CMYK31%, 77.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,549,183
CSS custom property--colour: #B039FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19376WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#4FC600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0076FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#007BFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57 from the original
Tritanopia#A26D9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.6Dark violet · ΔE 13Dark orchid · ΔE 21.6Fuchsia · ΔE 27.7Magenta · ΔE 27.7Medium blue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88FF39
Analogous#4D39FF, #FF39EB
Triadic#FFB039, #39FFB0
Split complementary#EBFF39, #39FF4D
Tetradic#FF4D39, #88FF39, #39EBFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDD2FF
Lighter +20%#D99FFF
Lighter +10%#C46CFF
Darker −10%#9C06FF
Darker −20%#7E00D2
Darker −30%#60009F
Darker −40%#41006C
More saturated +25%#B039FF
Less saturated −25%#AB52E6

Channel breakdown

R176
G57
B255
Red176 (69%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue276.06°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G 39 · B FF

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