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Colour

#B800FF

  • #B800FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B800FF is a violet with RGB values 184, 0, 255 and HSL 283°, 100%, 50%. 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

#B800FF#B800FF
HEX#B800FF
RGBrgb(184, 0, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0, 1
RGB percentages72.2%, 0%, 100%
HSLhsl(283.3, 100%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.3, 100%, 100%)
CMYK27.8%, 100%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,058,879
CSS custom property--colour: #B800FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.69:1
Contrast with white4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#47FF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0076FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AE5D96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 18.1Blue violet · ΔE 20.5Fuchsia · ΔE 24.4Magenta · ΔE 24.4Dark orchid · ΔE 31.2Blue · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 18.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#47FF00
Analogous#3800FF, #FF00C7
Triadic#FFB800, #00FFB8
Split complementary#C6FF00, #00FF39
Tetradic#FF3900, #47FF00, #00C7FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1CCFF
Lighter +30%#E399FF
Lighter +20%#D466FF
Lighter +10%#C633FF
Darker −10%#9300CC
Darker −20%#6E0099
Darker −30%#4A0066
Darker −40%#250033
More saturated +25%#B800FF
Less saturated −25%#AA20DF

Channel breakdown

R184
G0
B255
Red184 (72.2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue283.29°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B8 · G 00 · B FF

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