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Recognised as Colour

#BCAAEB

  • #BCAAEB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BCAAEB is a violet with RGB values 188, 170, 235 and HSL 257°, 62%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BCAAEB#BCAAEB
HEX#BCAAEB
RGBrgb(188, 170, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6667, 0.9216
RGB percentages73.7%, 66.7%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(256.6, 61.9%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.6, 27.7%, 92.2%)
CMYK20%, 27.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,364,523
CSS custom property--colour: #BCAAEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.09:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#435514

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BB4EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB3E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B3B4C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.4Thistle · ΔE 22.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.4Light steelblue · ΔE 26.2Light skyblue · ΔE 31.1Steel blue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9EBAA
Analogous#AAB8EB, #DDAAEB
Triadic#EBBCAA, #AAEBBC
Split complementary#EBDDAA, #B8EBAA
Tetradic#EBAAB8, #D9EBAA, #AAEBDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFDFE
Lighter +10%#DDD3F5
Darker −10%#9B81E1
Darker −20%#7B57D8
Darker −30%#5B30CC
Darker −40%#4926A3
More saturated +25%#B69DF8
Less saturated −25%#C2B7DE

Channel breakdown

R188
G170
B235
Red188 (73.7%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue256.62°
Saturation (HSL)61.9%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G AA · B EB

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