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Recognised as Colour

#BD57DF

  • #BD57DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#BD57DF is a violet with RGB values 189, 87, 223 and HSL 285°, 68%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#BD57DF#BD57DF
HEX#BD57DF
RGBrgb(189, 87, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.3412, 0.8745
RGB percentages74.1%, 34.1%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(285, 68%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285, 61%, 87.5%)
CMYK15.2%, 61%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,408,799
CSS custom property--colour: #BD57DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.59:1
Contrast with white3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#42A820

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2D7DE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5987DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BB6F93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 5.2Dark orchid · ΔE 14.7Orchid · ΔE 20.1Violet · ΔE 21.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.4Medium purple · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 5.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79DF57
Analogous#7957DF, #DF57BD
Triadic#DFBD57, #57DFBD
Split complementary#BDDF57, #57DF79
Tetradic#DF7957, #79DF57, #57BDDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFD8F7
Lighter +20%#DFADEF
Lighter +10%#CE82E7
Darker −10%#AC2CD7
Darker −20%#8B21AF
Darker −30%#691984
Darker −40%#471159
More saturated +25%#CA3EF8
Less saturated −25%#B170C6

Channel breakdown

R189
G87
B223
Red189 (74.1%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue285°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G 57 · B DF

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