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Recognised as Colour

#BC00F7

  • #BC00F7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#BC00F7 is a violet with RGB values 188, 0, 247 and HSL 286°, 100%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#BC00F7#BC00F7
HEX#BC00F7
RGBrgb(188, 0, 247)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0, 0.9686
RGB percentages73.7%, 0%, 96.9%
HSLhsl(285.7, 100%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.7, 100%, 96.9%)
CMYK23.9%, 100%, 0%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,321,015
CSS custom property--colour: #BC00F7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17407WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.69:1
Contrast with white4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#43FF08

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0077F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B65891no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 15.5Blue violet · ΔE 19Fuchsia · ΔE 21.5Magenta · ΔE 21.5Dark orchid · ΔE 27.8Medium blue · ΔE 35.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 15.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3BF700
Analogous#4100F7, #F700B6
Triadic#F7BC00, #00F7BC
Split complementary#B6F700, #00F741
Tetradic#F74100, #3BF700, #00B6F7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1C4FF
Lighter +30%#E591FF
Lighter +20%#D95EFF
Lighter +10%#CC2BFF
Darker −10%#9500C4
Darker −20%#6E0091
Darker −30%#48005E
Darker −40%#21002B
More saturated +25%#BC00F7
Less saturated −25%#AC1FD8

Channel breakdown

R188
G0
B247
Red188 (73.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue247 (96.9%)
Hue285.67°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G 00 · B F7

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