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Recognised as Colour

#B100E2

  • #B100E2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B100E2 is a violet with RGB values 177, 0, 226 and HSL 287°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B100E2#B100E2
HEX#B100E2
RGBrgb(177, 0, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0, 0.8863
RGB percentages69.4%, 0%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(287, 100%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287, 100%, 88.6%)
CMYK21.7%, 100%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,600,098
CSS custom property--colour: #B100E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.29:1
Contrast with white5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#4EFF1D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AD4F85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.6Blue violet · ΔE 14.3Dark orchid · ΔE 19.8Fuchsia · ΔE 23.2Magenta · ΔE 23.2Medium orchid · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#31E200
Analogous#4000E2, #E200A2
Triadic#E2B100, #00E2B1
Split complementary#A2E200, #00E240
Tetradic#E24000, #31E200, #00A2E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEAFFF
Lighter +30%#E37CFF
Lighter +20%#D849FF
Lighter +10%#CC16FF
Darker −10%#8900AF
Darker −20%#61007C
Darker −30%#390049
Darker −40%#110016
More saturated +25%#B100E2
Less saturated −25%#A11CC6

Channel breakdown

R177
G0
B226
Red177 (69.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue286.99°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B1 · G 00 · B E2

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