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Recognised as Colour

#B90AEB

  • #B90AEB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B90AEB is a violet with RGB values 185, 10, 235 and HSL 287°, 92%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B90AEB#B90AEB
HEX#B90AEB
RGBrgb(185, 10, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.0392, 0.9216
RGB percentages72.5%, 3.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(286.7, 91.8%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.7, 95.7%, 92.2%)
CMYK21.3%, 95.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,126,955
CSS custom property--colour: #B90AEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1653WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#46F514

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0075E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B5538Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 11.4Blue violet · ΔE 16Fuchsia · ΔE 21.2Magenta · ΔE 21.2Dark orchid · ΔE 22.3Medium orchid · ΔE 34.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 11.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3CEB0A
Analogous#490AEB, #EB0AAC
Triadic#EBB90A, #0AEBB9
Split complementary#ACEB0A, #0AEB49
Tetradic#EB490A, #3CEB0A, #0AACEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0C4FD
Lighter +30%#E494FA
Lighter +20%#D763F8
Lighter +10%#CB32F6
Darker −10%#9208BA
Darker −20%#6C0689
Darker −30%#450458
Darker −40%#1F0227
More saturated +25%#BF00F5
Less saturated −25%#A829CC

Channel breakdown

R185
G10
B235
Red185 (72.5%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue286.67°
Saturation (HSL)91.84%
Lightness48.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B9 · G 0A · B EB

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