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Recognised as Colour

#B505EC

  • #B505EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B505EC is a violet with RGB values 181, 5, 236 and HSL 286°, 96%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B505EC#B505EC
HEX#B505EC
RGBrgb(181, 5, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.0196, 0.9255
RGB percentages71%, 2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(285.7, 95.9%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.7, 97.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK23.3%, 97.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,863,532
CSS custom property--colour: #B505EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15988WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5:1
Contrast with white5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#4AFA13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AF548Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 11.1Blue violet · ΔE 15.5Fuchsia · ΔE 22.4Magenta · ΔE 22.4Dark orchid · ΔE 23.1Medium blue · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 11.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3CEC05
Analogous#4205EC, #EC05AF
Triadic#ECB505, #05ECB5
Split complementary#AFEC05, #05EC42
Tetradic#EC4205, #3CEC05, #05AFEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFBFFE
Lighter +30%#E28DFD
Lighter +20%#D55BFC
Lighter +10%#C92AFA
Darker −10%#8F04BA
Darker −20%#680388
Darker −30%#420256
Darker −40%#1C0124
More saturated +25%#B800F1
Less saturated −25%#A523CE

Channel breakdown

R181
G5
B236
Red181 (71%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue285.71°
Saturation (HSL)95.85%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G 05 · B EC

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