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Recognised as Colour

#B900E5

  • #B900E5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B900E5 is a violet with RGB values 185, 0, 229 and HSL 288°, 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

#B900E5#B900E5
HEX#B900E5
RGBrgb(185, 0, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0, 0.898
RGB percentages72.5%, 0%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(288.5, 100%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.5, 100%, 89.8%)
CMYK19.2%, 100%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,124,389
CSS custom property--colour: #B900E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15971WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.01:1
Contrast with white5.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#46FF1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B64F87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.9Blue violet · ΔE 16.4Fuchsia · ΔE 20.9Magenta · ΔE 20.9Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1Medium orchid · ΔE 33.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2CE500
Analogous#4700E5, #E5009F
Triadic#E5B900, #00E5B9
Split complementary#9EE500, #00E547
Tetradic#E54700, #2CE500, #009FE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0B2FF
Lighter +30%#E67FFF
Lighter +20%#DD4CFF
Lighter +10%#D319FF
Darker −10%#9000B2
Darker −20%#67007F
Darker −30%#3D004C
Darker −40%#140019
More saturated +25%#B900E5
Less saturated −25%#A71DC8

Channel breakdown

R185
G0
B229
Red185 (72.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue288.47°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B9 · G 00 · B E5

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