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Recognised as Colour

#B700E8

  • #B700E8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B700E8 is a violet with RGB values 183, 0, 232 and HSL 287°, 100%, 45%. 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

#B700E8#B700E8
HEX#B700E8
RGBrgb(183, 0, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0, 0.9098
RGB percentages71.8%, 0%, 91%
HSLhsl(287.3, 100%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.3, 100%, 91%)
CMYK21.1%, 100%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,993,320
CSS custom property--colour: #B700E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15893WCAG 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 5.03:1
Contrast with white5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#48FF17

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B35188no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.9Blue violet · ΔE 15.9Fuchsia · ΔE 21.5Magenta · ΔE 21.5Dark orchid · ΔE 22.1Medium orchid · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#31E800
Analogous#4300E8, #E800A5
Triadic#E8B700, #00E8B7
Split complementary#A5E800, #00E843
Tetradic#E84300, #31E800, #00A5E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFB5FF
Lighter +30%#E582FF
Lighter +20%#DA4FFF
Lighter +10%#CF1CFF
Darker −10%#8F00B5
Darker −20%#670082
Darker −30%#3E004F
Darker −40%#16001C
More saturated +25%#B700E8
Less saturated −25%#A61DCB

Channel breakdown

R183
G0
B232
Red183 (71.8%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue287.33°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G 00 · B E8

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