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Recognised as Colour

#BC56E7

  • #BC56E7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#BC56E7 is a violet with RGB values 188, 86, 231 and HSL 282°, 75%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#BC56E7#BC56E7
HEX#BC56E7
RGBrgb(188, 86, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.3373, 0.9059
RGB percentages73.7%, 33.7%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(282.2, 75.1%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.2, 62.8%, 90.6%)
CMYK18.6%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,343,015
CSS custom property--colour: #BC56E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.62:1
Contrast with white3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#43A918

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1B7EEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5187E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original
Tritanopia#B87197no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.8Dark orchid · ΔE 12.6Blue violet · ΔE 23.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 24Orchid · ΔE 24.4Dark violet · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81E756
Analogous#7456E7, #E756C9
Triadic#E7BC56, #56E7BC
Split complementary#CAE756, #56E773
Tetradic#E77356, #81E756, #56C9E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1DCFA
Lighter +20%#DFAFF4
Lighter +10%#CE83ED
Darker −10%#AA29E1
Darker −20%#8C1BBC
Darker −30%#6B1490
Darker −40%#4A0E63
More saturated +25%#C63EFF
Less saturated −25%#B26ECF

Channel breakdown

R188
G86
B231
Red188 (73.7%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue282.21°
Saturation (HSL)75.13%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G 56 · B E7

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