Recognised as Colour

#BD50AD

#BD50AD
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#BD50AD is a magenta with RGB values 189, 80, 173 and HSL 309°, 45%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#BD50AD

RGBrgb(189, 80, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.3137, 0.6784

RGB percentages74.1%, 31.4%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(308.8, 45.2%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(308.8, 57.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 57.7%, 8.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,406,957

CSS custom property--colour: #BD50AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19573WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.91:1

Contrast with white4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E

Inverted#42AF52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E70B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7080AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C55877no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 12.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 18.9 Violet · ΔE 19.9 Medium violet red · ΔE 22 Dark magenta · ΔE 22.3 Purple · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 12.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#50BD60

Analogous#9750BD, #BD5076

Triadic#ADBD50, #50ADBD

Split complementary#76BD50, #50BD97

Tetradic#BD9750, #50BD60, #5076BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F5E4F2

Lighter +30%#E7BFE1

Lighter +20%#D99AD0

Lighter +10%#CB75BE

Darker −10%#9E3C90

Darker −20%#792E6E

Darker −30%#54204D

Darker −40%#2F122B

More saturated +25%#DB32C2

Less saturated −25%#9F6E98

Channel breakdown

R189

G80

B173

Red189 (74.1%)

Green80 (31.4%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue308.81°

Saturation (HSL)45.23%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 50 · B AD

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Colour values

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