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Recognised as Colour

#BD00E8

  • #BD00E8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#BD00E8 is a violet with RGB values 189, 0, 232 and HSL 289°, 100%, 45%. 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

#BD00E8#BD00E8
HEX#BD00E8
RGBrgb(189, 0, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0, 0.9098
RGB percentages74.1%, 0%, 91%
HSLhsl(288.9, 100%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.9, 100%, 91%)
CMYK18.5%, 100%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,386,536
CSS custom property--colour: #BD00E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16645WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#42FF17

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0A76E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BB5088no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 12.2Blue violet · ΔE 17.4Fuchsia · ΔE 19.7Magenta · ΔE 19.7Dark orchid · ΔE 22.3Medium orchid · ΔE 34.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 12.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2BE800
Analogous#4900E8, #E8009F
Triadic#E8BD00, #00E8BD
Split complementary#9FE800, #00E849
Tetradic#E84900, #2BE800, #009FE8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1B5FF
Lighter +30%#E882FF
Lighter +20%#DE4FFF
Lighter +10%#D51CFF
Darker −10%#9300B5
Darker −20%#6A0082
Darker −30%#40004F
Darker −40%#17001C
More saturated +25%#BD00E8
Less saturated −25%#AB1DCB

Channel breakdown

R189
G0
B232
Red189 (74.1%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue288.88°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G 00 · B E8

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