Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#BCAEBA

  • #BCAEBA
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#BCAEBA is a magenta with RGB values 188, 174, 186 and HSL 309°, 9%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#BCAEBA#BCAEBA
HEX#BCAEBA
RGBrgb(188, 174, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6824, 0.7294
RGB percentages73.7%, 68.2%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(308.6, 9.5%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(308.6, 7.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 7.4%, 1.1%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,365,498
CSS custom property--colour: #BCAEBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.9:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#435145

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEB1BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B3B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BDAFB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9Silver · ΔE 9.8Thistle · ΔE 10.8Light grey · ΔE 14.6Light steelblue · ΔE 15Rosy brown · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.01, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEBCB0
Analogous#B7AEBC, #BCAEB3
Triadic#BABCAE, #AEBABC
Split complementary#B3BCAE, #AEBCB7
Tetradic#BCB7AE, #AEBCB0, #AEB3BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAE6EA
Lighter +10%#D3CAD2
Darker −10%#A592A2
Darker −20%#8E768A
Darker −30%#725F70
Darker −40%#564854
More saturated +25%#CF9CC7
Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R188
G174
B186
Red188 (73.7%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue308.57°
Saturation (HSL)9.46%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G AE · B BA

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “bcaeba” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.