Recognised as Colour

#BC48FA

#BC48FA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#BC48FA is a violet with RGB values 188, 72, 250 and HSL 279°, 95%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#BC48FA#BC48FA

HEX#BC48FA

RGBrgb(188, 72, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.2824, 0.9804

RGB percentages73.7%, 28.2%, 98%

HSLhsl(279.1, 94.7%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.1, 71.2%, 98%)

CMYK24.8%, 71.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,339,450

CSS custom property--colour: #BC48FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.45:1

Contrast with white3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.45:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E

Inverted#43B705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#2984F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B4709Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14 Dark violet · ΔE 15.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 15.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 25 Fuchsia · ΔE 27.2 Magenta · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#86FA48

Analogous#6348FA, #FA48DF

Triadic#FABC48, #48FABC

Split complementary#DFFA48, #48FA63

Tetradic#FA6348, #86FA48, #48DFFA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3DDFE

Lighter +20%#E0ABFD

Lighter +10%#CE7AFB

Darker −10%#AA16F9

Darker −20%#8E06D6

Darker −30%#6D04A5

Darker −40%#4C0373

More saturated +25%#BE43FF

Less saturated −25%#B560E3

Channel breakdown

R188

G72

B250

Red188 (73.7%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue279.1°

Saturation (HSL)94.68%

Lightness63.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BC · G 48 · B FA

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