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Recognised as Colour

#B90DF2

  • #B90DF2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B90DF2 is a violet with RGB values 185, 13, 242 and HSL 285°, 90%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B90DF2#B90DF2
HEX#B90DF2
RGBrgb(185, 13, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.051, 0.949
RGB percentages72.5%, 5.1%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(285.1, 89.8%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.1, 94.6%, 94.9%)
CMYK23.6%, 94.6%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,127,730
CSS custom property--colour: #B90DF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1
Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#46F20D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0076EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B3588Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 12.9Blue violet · ΔE 16.6Fuchsia · ΔE 21.8Magenta · ΔE 21.8Dark orchid · ΔE 24.7Medium blue · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 12.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#46F20D
Analogous#470DF2, #F20DB8
Triadic#F2B90D, #0DF2B9
Split complementary#B8F20D, #0DF247
Tetradic#F2470D, #46F20D, #0DB9F2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1CFFC
Lighter +30%#E39EFA
Lighter +20%#D56EF7
Lighter +10%#C73DF5
Darker −10%#940AC2
Darker −20%#6F0891
Darker −30%#4A0561
Darker −40%#250330
More saturated +25%#C000FF
Less saturated −25%#A92DD2

Channel breakdown

R185
G13
B242
Red185 (72.5%)
Green13 (5.1%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue285.07°
Saturation (HSL)89.8%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B9 · G 0D · B F2

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