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Recognised as Colour

#B300EB

  • #B300EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B300EB is a violet with RGB values 179, 0, 235 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

#B300EB#B300EB
HEX#B300EB
RGBrgb(179, 0, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0, 0.9216
RGB percentages70.2%, 0%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(285.7, 100%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.7, 100%, 92.2%)
CMYK23.8%, 100%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,731,179
CSS custom property--colour: #B300EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15582WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.1:1
Contrast with white5.1:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#4CFF14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AD538Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.9Blue violet · ΔE 15.3Fuchsia · ΔE 22.9Magenta · ΔE 22.9Dark orchid · ΔE 23.2Medium blue · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#38EB00
Analogous#3D00EB, #EB00AE
Triadic#EBB300, #00EBB3
Split complementary#AEEB00, #00EB3D
Tetradic#EB3D00, #38EB00, #00AEEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEB8FF
Lighter +30%#E285FF
Lighter +20%#D652FF
Lighter +10%#CA1FFF
Darker −10%#8C00B8
Darker −20%#650085
Darker −30%#3E0052
Darker −40%#18001F
More saturated +25%#B300EB
Less saturated −25%#A41DCE

Channel breakdown

R179
G0
B235
Red179 (70.2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue285.7°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G 00 · B EB

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