Colour

#B200FA

#B200FA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#B200FA is a violet with RGB values 178, 0, 250 and HSL 283°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B200FA#B200FA

HEX#B200FA

RGBrgb(178, 0, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0, 0.9804

RGB percentages69.8%, 0%, 98%

HSLhsl(282.7, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282.7, 100%, 98%)

CMYK28.8%, 100%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,665,658

CSS custom property--colour: #B200FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1

Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#4DFF05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original

Deuteranopia#0073F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A75C93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 16.1 Blue violet · ΔE 18.5 Fuchsia · ΔE 25.3 Magenta · ΔE 25.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 29.4 Medium blue · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 16.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#48FA00

Analogous#3500FA, #FA00C5

Triadic#FAB200, #00FAB2

Split complementary#C5FA00, #00FA35

Tetradic#FA3500, #48FA00, #00C5FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EFC7FF

Lighter +30%#E094FF

Lighter +20%#D161FF

Lighter +10%#C32EFF

Darker −10%#8E00C7

Darker −20%#690094

Darker −30%#450061

Darker −40%#21002E

More saturated +25%#B200FA

Less saturated −25%#A51FDB

Channel breakdown

R178

B250

Red178 (69.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue282.72°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B2 · G 00 · B FA

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