Colour

#BC89CC

#BC89CC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#BC89CC is a violet with RGB values 188, 137, 204 and HSL 286°, 40%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BC89CC#BC89CC

HEX#BC89CC

RGBrgb(188, 137, 204)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.5373, 0.8

RGB percentages73.7%, 53.7%, 80%

HSLhsl(285.7, 39.6%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285.7, 32.8%, 80%)

CMYK7.8%, 32.8%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,356,044

CSS custom property--colour: #BC89CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.59:1

Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#437633

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8098CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C9DCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Tritanopia#BC91A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 10.6 Orchid · ΔE 25.2 Medium purple · ΔE 25.4 Violet · ΔE 27.6 Thistle · ΔE 29.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 10.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99CC89

Analogous#9B89CC, #CC89BB

Triadic#CCBC89, #89CCBC

Split complementary#BBCC89, #89CC9B

Tetradic#CC9B89, #99CC89, #89BBCC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F4FA

Lighter +20%#E4D0EB

Lighter +10%#D0ADDB

Darker −10%#A865BD

Darker −20%#9048A7

Darker −30%#713983

Darker −40%#532960

More saturated +25%#C774E1

Less saturated −25%#B19EB7

Channel breakdown

R188

G137

B204

Red188 (73.7%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue285.67°

Saturation (HSL)39.64%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BC · G 89 · B CC

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