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Recognised as Colour

#BD52AC

  • #BD52AC
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#BD52AC is a magenta with RGB values 189, 82, 172 and HSL 310°, 45%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#BD52AC#BD52AC
HEX#BD52AC
RGBrgb(189, 82, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.3216, 0.6745
RGB percentages74.1%, 32.2%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(309.5, 44.8%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(309.5, 56.6%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 56.6%, 9%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,407,468
CSS custom property--colour: #BD52AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#42AD53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5171AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7181A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C55977no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 12.9Medium orchid · ΔE 20.1Violet · ΔE 20.2Medium violet red · ΔE 22.2Dark magenta · ΔE 23.4Purple · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 12.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#52BD63
Analogous#9852BD, #BD5277
Triadic#ACBD52, #52ACBD
Split complementary#77BD52, #52BD98
Tetradic#BD9852, #52BD63, #5277BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5E6F3
Lighter +30%#E7C1E1
Lighter +20%#D99CCF
Lighter +10%#CB77BE
Darker −10%#9F3D90
Darker −20%#7A2F6E
Darker −30%#55214D
Darker −40%#30132C
More saturated +25%#DB34C0
Less saturated −25%#9F7098

Channel breakdown

R189
G82
B172
Red189 (74.1%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue309.53°
Saturation (HSL)44.77%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G 52 · B AC

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