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Recognised as Colour

#B30EE5

  • #B30EE5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B30EE5 is a violet with RGB values 179, 14, 229 and HSL 286°, 88%, 48%. 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

#B30EE5#B30EE5
HEX#B30EE5
RGBrgb(179, 14, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.0549, 0.898
RGB percentages70.2%, 5.5%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(286, 88.5%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286, 93.9%, 89.8%)
CMYK21.8%, 93.9%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,734,757
CSS custom property--colour: #B30EE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15555WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.11:1
Contrast with white5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#4CF11A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AE5287no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9Blue violet · ΔE 14Dark orchid · ΔE 19.6Fuchsia · ΔE 23Magenta · ΔE 23Medium orchid · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#40E50E
Analogous#470EE5, #E50EAC
Triadic#E5B30E, #0EE5B3
Split complementary#ACE50E, #0EE548
Tetradic#E5470E, #40E50E, #0EACE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEC4FB
Lighter +30%#E194F8
Lighter +20%#D464F5
Lighter +10%#C633F3
Darker −10%#8D0BB5
Darker −20%#680885
Darker −30%#420555
Darker −40%#1D0225
More saturated +25%#BA00F3
Less saturated −25%#A32CC7

Channel breakdown

R179
G14
B229
Red179 (70.2%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue286.05°
Saturation (HSL)88.48%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G 0E · B E5

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