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Recognised as Colour

#BB08EB

  • #BB08EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#BB08EB is a violet with RGB values 187, 8, 235 and HSL 287°, 93%, 48%. 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

#BB08EB#BB08EB
HEX#BB08EB
RGBrgb(187, 8, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.0314, 0.9216
RGB percentages73.3%, 3.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(287.3, 93.4%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.3, 96.6%, 92.2%)
CMYK20.4%, 96.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,257,515
CSS custom property--colour: #BB08EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16737WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#44F714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0076E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B7538Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 11.9Blue violet · ΔE 16.6Fuchsia · ΔE 20.6Magenta · ΔE 20.6Dark orchid · ΔE 22.5Medium orchid · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 11.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#38EB08
Analogous#4A08EB, #EB08A9
Triadic#EBBB08, #08EBBB
Split complementary#A9EB08, #08EB4A
Tetradic#EB4A08, #38EB08, #08A9EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0C2FD
Lighter +30%#E591FB
Lighter +20%#D95FFA
Lighter +10%#CD2EF8
Darker −10%#9406BA
Darker −20%#6D0588
Darker −30%#450357
Darker −40%#1E0126
More saturated +25%#C000F3
Less saturated −25%#A926CD

Channel breakdown

R187
G8
B235
Red187 (73.3%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue287.31°
Saturation (HSL)93.42%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G 08 · B EB

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