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Recognised as Colour

#BC90FD

  • #BC90FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#BC90FD is a violet with RGB values 188, 144, 253 and HSL 264°, 96%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#BC90FD#BC90FD
HEX#BC90FD
RGBrgb(188, 144, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.5647, 0.9922
RGB percentages73.7%, 56.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(264.2, 96.5%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.2, 43.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK25.7%, 43.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,357,885
CSS custom property--colour: #BC90FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.55:1
Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#436F02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#72A5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7CA5FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#B0A3BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 13Violet · ΔE 21.7Orchid · ΔE 22.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.3Slate blue · ΔE 24.5Medium orchid · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 13.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D1FD90
Analogous#909BFD, #F290FD
Triadic#FDBC90, #90FDBC
Split complementary#FDF390, #9AFD90
Tetradic#FD909B, #D1FD90, #90FDF3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F4FF
Lighter +10%#DAC2FE
Darker −10%#9E5EFC
Darker −20%#802CFB
Darker −30%#6304F0
Darker −40%#4F03BE
More saturated +25%#BC8EFF
Less saturated −25%#BF9EEF

Channel breakdown

R188
G144
B253
Red188 (73.7%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue264.22°
Saturation (HSL)96.46%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G 90 · B FD

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