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Recognised as Colour

#BD00ED

  • #BD00ED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#BD00ED is a violet with RGB values 189, 0, 237 and HSL 288°, 100%, 46%. 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

#BD00ED#BD00ED
HEX#BD00ED
RGBrgb(189, 0, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0, 0.9294
RGB percentages74.1%, 0%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(287.8, 100%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.8, 100%, 92.9%)
CMYK20.3%, 100%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,386,541
CSS custom property--colour: #BD00ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16933WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.79:1
Contrast with white4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#42FF12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0076E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B9528Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 13Blue violet · ΔE 17.7Fuchsia · ΔE 20Magenta · ΔE 20Dark orchid · ΔE 24Medium orchid · ΔE 36.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 12.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#30ED00
Analogous#4700ED, #ED00A6
Triadic#EDBD00, #00EDBD
Split complementary#A7ED00, #00ED46
Tetradic#ED4600, #30ED00, #00A6ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1BAFF
Lighter +30%#E787FF
Lighter +20%#DC54FF
Lighter +10%#D221FF
Darker −10%#9400BA
Darker −20%#6C0087
Darker −30%#430054
Darker −40%#1A0021
More saturated +25%#BD00ED
Less saturated −25%#AB1ECF

Channel breakdown

R189
G0
B237
Red189 (74.1%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue287.85°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G 00 · B ED

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