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Colour

#B100DE

  • #B100DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B100DE is a violet with RGB values 177, 0, 222 and HSL 288°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B100DE#B100DE
HEX#B100DE
RGBrgb(177, 0, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0, 0.8706
RGB percentages69.4%, 0%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(287.8, 100%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.8, 100%, 87.1%)
CMYK20.3%, 100%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,600,094
CSS custom property--colour: #B100DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14621WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.35:1
Contrast with white5.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#4EFF21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AE4D82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.4Blue violet · ΔE 14.4Dark orchid · ΔE 18.4Fuchsia · ΔE 23.3Magenta · ΔE 23.3Medium orchid · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2DDE00
Analogous#4200DE, #DE009C
Triadic#DEB100, #00DEB1
Split complementary#9CDE00, #00DE42
Tetradic#DE4200, #2DDE00, #009CDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEABFF
Lighter +30%#E478FF
Lighter +20%#D945FF
Lighter +10%#CF12FF
Darker −10%#8800AB
Darker −20%#600078
Darker −30%#370045
Darker −40%#0E0012
More saturated +25%#B100DE
Less saturated −25%#A11CC2

Channel breakdown

R177
G0
B222
Red177 (69.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue287.84°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B1 · G 00 · B DE

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