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Recognised as Colour

#BC08F9

  • #BC08F9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#BC08F9 is a violet with RGB values 188, 8, 249 and HSL 285°, 95%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#BC08F9#BC08F9
HEX#BC08F9
RGBrgb(188, 8, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.0314, 0.9765
RGB percentages73.7%, 3.1%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(284.8, 95.3%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.8, 96.8%, 97.6%)
CMYK24.5%, 96.8%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,323,065
CSS custom property--colour: #BC08F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17705WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#43F706

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57 from the original
Deuteranopia#0078F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B55A93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 15.7Blue violet · ΔE 18.9Fuchsia · ΔE 21.9Magenta · ΔE 21.9Dark orchid · ΔE 27.9Medium blue · ΔE 35
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 15.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#45F908
Analogous#4408F9, #F908BD
Triadic#F9BC08, #08F9BC
Split complementary#BDF908, #08F944
Tetradic#F94408, #45F908, #08BDF9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2CFFE
Lighter +30%#E59DFD
Lighter +20%#D76CFB
Lighter +10%#CA3AFA
Darker −10%#9705C9
Darker −20%#720497
Darker −30%#4C0266
Darker −40%#270134
More saturated +25%#BF02FF
Less saturated −25%#AC28D9

Channel breakdown

R188
G8
B249
Red188 (73.7%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue284.81°
Saturation (HSL)95.26%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G 08 · B F9

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