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Recognised as Colour

#B320FD

  • #B320FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B320FD is a violet with RGB values 179, 32, 253 and HSL 280°, 98%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B320FD#B320FD
HEX#B320FD
RGBrgb(179, 32, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.1255, 0.9922
RGB percentages70.2%, 12.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(279.9, 98.2%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.9, 87.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK29.2%, 87.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,739,389
CSS custom property--colour: #B320FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#4CDF02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0076F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A86297no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 14.5Blue violet · ΔE 16Fuchsia · ΔE 25.4Magenta · ΔE 25.4Dark orchid · ΔE 26.7Medium blue · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 14.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AFD20
Analogous#4520FD, #FD20D8
Triadic#FDB320, #20FDB3
Split complementary#D8FD20, #20FD45
Tetradic#FD4520, #6AFD20, #20D8FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8EAFF
Lighter +30%#E7B8FE
Lighter +20%#D585FE
Lighter +10%#C453FD
Darker −10%#9B02E8
Darker −20%#7902B5
Darker −30%#570183
Darker −40%#360150
More saturated +25%#B41EFF
Less saturated −25%#AA3CE1

Channel breakdown

R179
G32
B253
Red179 (70.2%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue279.91°
Saturation (HSL)98.22%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G 20 · B FD

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