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Recognised as Colour

#B500DA

  • #B500DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B500DA is a violet with RGB values 181, 0, 218 and HSL 290°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B500DA#B500DA
HEX#B500DA
RGBrgb(181, 0, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0, 0.8549
RGB percentages71%, 0%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(289.8, 100%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.8, 100%, 85.5%)
CMYK17%, 100%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,862,234
CSS custom property--colour: #B500DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.28:1
Contrast with white5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#4AFF25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#1970D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B44980no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.9Blue violet · ΔE 16Dark orchid · ΔE 17.3Fuchsia · ΔE 22.5Magenta · ΔE 22.5Medium orchid · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#25DA00
Analogous#4800DA, #DA0092
Triadic#DAB500, #00DAB5
Split complementary#92DA00, #00DA48
Tetradic#DA4800, #25DA00, #0092DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0A7FF
Lighter +30%#E774FF
Lighter +20%#DF41FF
Lighter +10%#D60EFF
Darker −10%#8B00A7
Darker −20%#600074
Darker −30%#360041
Darker −40%#0C000E
More saturated +25%#B500DA
Less saturated −25%#A31BBF

Channel breakdown

R181
G0
B218
Red181 (71%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue289.82°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G 00 · B DA

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