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Recognised as Colour

#B50AFF

  • #B50AFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B50AFF is a violet with RGB values 181, 10, 255 and HSL 282°, 100%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B50AFF#B50AFF
HEX#B50AFF
RGBrgb(181, 10, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.0392, 1
RGB percentages71%, 3.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(281.9, 100%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.9, 96.1%, 100%)
CMYK29%, 96.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,864,831
CSS custom property--colour: #B50AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17261WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.72:1
Contrast with white4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#4AF500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0075FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.6 from the original
Tritanopia#AA5F97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 17.4Blue violet · ΔE 19.5Fuchsia · ΔE 25.3Magenta · ΔE 25.3Dark orchid · ΔE 30.5Blue · ΔE 33
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 17.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#54FF0A
Analogous#3B0AFF, #FF0ACE
Triadic#FFB50A, #0AFFB5
Split complementary#CFFF0A, #0AFF3A
Tetradic#FF3A0A, #54FF0A, #0ACEFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3D6FF
Lighter +30%#E3A3FF
Lighter +20%#D470FF
Lighter +10%#C43DFF
Darker −10%#9500D6
Darker −20%#7200A3
Darker −30%#4E0070
Darker −40%#2B003D
More saturated +25%#B50AFF
Less saturated −25%#A929E0

Channel breakdown

R181
G10
B255
Red181 (71%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue281.88°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G 0A · B FF

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