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Recognised as Colour

#BD32FE

  • #BD32FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#BD32FE is a violet with RGB values 189, 50, 254 and HSL 281°, 99%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#BD32FE#BD32FE
HEX#BD32FE
RGBrgb(189, 50, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.1961, 0.9961
RGB percentages74.1%, 19.6%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(280.9, 99%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.9, 80.3%, 99.6%)
CMYK25.6%, 80.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,399,358
CSS custom property--colour: #BD32FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.05:1
Contrast with white4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#42CD01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0076FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56 from the original
Deuteranopia#007FFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B5679Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 13.9Blue violet · ΔE 15Dark orchid · ΔE 22.9Fuchsia · ΔE 23.1Magenta · ΔE 23.1Medium orchid · ΔE 34.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 13.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73FE32
Analogous#5732FE, #FE32D9
Triadic#FEBD32, #32FEBD
Split complementary#D9FE32, #32FE57
Tetradic#FE5732, #73FE32, #32D9FE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDFF
Lighter +30%#EECAFF
Lighter +20%#DE98FE
Lighter +10%#CD65FE
Darker −10%#AC01FC
Darker −20%#8901C9
Darker −30%#670196
Darker −40%#440064
More saturated +25%#BD31FF
Less saturated −25%#B44CE4

Channel breakdown

R189
G50
B254
Red189 (74.1%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue280.88°
Saturation (HSL)99.03%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G 32 · B FE

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