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Recognised as Colour

#BB90FD

  • #BB90FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#BB90FD is a violet with RGB values 187, 144, 253 and HSL 264°, 96%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#BB90FD#BB90FD
HEX#BB90FD
RGBrgb(187, 144, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.5647, 0.9922
RGB percentages73.3%, 56.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(263.7, 96.5%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.7, 43.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK26.1%, 43.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,292,349
CSS custom property--colour: #BB90FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.52:1
Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#446F02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#72A4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7BA4FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AFA3BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12.9Violet · ΔE 22Orchid · ΔE 23Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.2Slate blue · ΔE 24.3Medium orchid · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D2FD90
Analogous#909BFD, #F290FD
Triadic#FDBB90, #90FDBB
Split complementary#FDF190, #9CFD90
Tetradic#FD909B, #D2FD90, #90FDF2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F4FF
Lighter +10%#DAC2FE
Darker −10%#9C5EFC
Darker −20%#7E2CFB
Darker −30%#6104F0
Darker −40%#4D03BE
More saturated +25%#BB8EFF
Less saturated −25%#BE9EEF

Channel breakdown

R187
G144
B253
Red187 (73.3%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue263.67°
Saturation (HSL)96.46%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G 90 · B FD

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