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Recognised as Colour

#BC27EB

  • #BC27EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#BC27EB is a violet with RGB values 188, 39, 235 and HSL 286°, 83%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#BC27EB#BC27EB
HEX#BC27EB
RGBrgb(188, 39, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.1529, 0.9216
RGB percentages73.7%, 15.3%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(285.6, 83.1%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.6, 83.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK20%, 83.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,330,987
CSS custom property--colour: #BC27EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18141WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.63:1
Contrast with white4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#43D814

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#1E7AE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B85A8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 11.2Blue violet · ΔE 14.8Dark orchid · ΔE 17.9Fuchsia · ΔE 21.9Magenta · ΔE 21.9Medium orchid · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 11.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56EB27
Analogous#5A27EB, #EB27B8
Triadic#EBBC27, #27EBBC
Split complementary#B8EB27, #27EB5A
Tetradic#EB5A27, #56EB27, #27B8EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6E2FC
Lighter +30%#E7B3F8
Lighter +20%#D984F4
Lighter +10%#CA56EF
Darker −10%#A013CC
Darker −20%#7B0F9D
Darker −30%#570A6F
Darker −40%#320640
More saturated +25%#C613FF
Less saturated −25%#AD45CE

Channel breakdown

R188
G39
B235
Red188 (73.7%)
Green39 (15.3%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue285.61°
Saturation (HSL)83.05%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G 27 · B EB

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