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Recognised as Colour

#BD328B

  • #BD328B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#BD328B is a magenta with RGB values 189, 50, 139 and HSL 322°, 58%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#BD328B#BD328B
HEX#BD328B
RGBrgb(189, 50, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.1961, 0.5451
RGB percentages74.1%, 19.6%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(321.6, 58.2%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(321.6, 73.5%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 73.5%, 26.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,399,243
CSS custom property--colour: #BD328B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14964WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.26:1
Contrast with white5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#42CD74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#445D8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E7488no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.5 from the original
Tritanopia#CA2F5Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 9Hot pink · ΔE 21.2Dark magenta · ΔE 24.7Purple · ΔE 24.8Orchid · ΔE 25Deep pink · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#32BD64
Analogous#AA32BD, #BD3245
Triadic#8BBD32, #328BBD
Split complementary#46BD32, #32BDA9
Tetradic#BDA932, #32BD64, #3246BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1CAE3
Lighter +30%#E6A2CE
Lighter +20%#DC79B8
Lighter +10%#D151A3
Darker −10%#95276D
Darker −20%#6C1D50
Darker −30%#441232
Darker −40%#1C0714
More saturated +25%#DB1493
Less saturated −25%#9F5083

Channel breakdown

R189
G50
B139
Red189 (74.1%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue321.58°
Saturation (HSL)58.16%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G 32 · B 8B

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