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Recognised as Colour

#B200EA

  • #B200EA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B200EA is a violet with RGB values 178, 0, 234 and HSL 286°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B200EA#B200EA
HEX#B200EA
RGBrgb(178, 0, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.698, 0, 0.9176
RGB percentages69.8%, 0%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(285.6, 100%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.6, 100%, 91.8%)
CMYK23.9%, 100%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,665,642
CSS custom property--colour: #B200EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.15:1
Contrast with white5.15:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#4DFF15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AC538Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.4Blue violet · ΔE 15Dark orchid · ΔE 22.9Fuchsia · ΔE 23.2Magenta · ΔE 23.2Medium blue · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#38EA00
Analogous#3D00EA, #EA00AD
Triadic#EAB200, #00EAB2
Split complementary#ADEA00, #00EA3D
Tetradic#EA3D00, #38EA00, #00ADEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEB7FF
Lighter +30%#E284FF
Lighter +20%#D551FF
Lighter +10%#C91EFF
Darker −10%#8B00B7
Darker −20%#640084
Darker −30%#3E0051
Darker −40%#17001E
More saturated +25%#B200EA
Less saturated −25%#A31DCD

Channel breakdown

R178
G0
B234
Red178 (69.8%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue285.64°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B2 · G 00 · B EA

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