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Recognised as Colour

#B040F5

  • #B040F5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#B040F5 is a violet with RGB values 176, 64, 245 and HSL 277°, 90%, 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

#B040F5#B040F5
HEX#B040F5
RGBrgb(176, 64, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.251, 0.9608
RGB percentages69%, 25.1%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(277.1, 90%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.1, 73.9%, 96.1%)
CMYK28.2%, 73.9%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,550,965
CSS custom property--colour: #B040F5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#4FBF0A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0076FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#007BF1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A56B98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.4Dark violet · ΔE 12.3Dark orchid · ΔE 15Medium orchid · ΔE 26.9Fuchsia · ΔE 28.9Magenta · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85F540
Analogous#5640F5, #F540DF
Triadic#F5B040, #40F5B0
Split complementary#DFF540, #40F556
Tetradic#F55640, #85F540, #40DFF5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECD1FD
Lighter +20%#D8A1FA
Lighter +10%#C470F8
Darker −10%#9C10F2
Darker −20%#7E0AC5
Darker −30%#5F0894
Darker −40%#400564
More saturated +25%#B236FF
Less saturated −25%#AA59DC

Channel breakdown

R176
G64
B245
Red176 (69%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue277.13°
Saturation (HSL)90.05%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G 40 · B F5

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