Recognised as Colour

#BB91ED

#BB91ED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#BB91ED is a violet with RGB values 187, 145, 237 and HSL 267°, 72%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#BB91ED

RGBrgb(187, 145, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.5686, 0.9294

RGB percentages73.3%, 56.9%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(267.4, 71.9%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.4, 38.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK21.1%, 38.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,292,589

CSS custom property--colour: #BB91ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.39:1

Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#446E12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7CA2F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#85A4EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B3A0B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.9 Plum · ΔE 19.6 Orchid · ΔE 23 Violet · ΔE 23.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.3 Slate blue · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C3ED91

Analogous#9195ED, #E991ED

Triadic#EDBB91, #91EDBB

Split complementary#EDE991, #95ED91

Tetradic#ED9195, #C3ED91, #91EDE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F1E9FB

Lighter +10%#D6BDF4

Darker −10%#A065E6

Darker −20%#8539DF

Darker −30%#6B20C5

Darker −40%#531999

More saturated +25%#BA81FD

Less saturated −25%#BCA1DD

Channel breakdown

R187

G145

B237

Red187 (73.3%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue267.39°

Saturation (HSL)71.88%

Lightness74.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BB · G 91 · B ED

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Colour values

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