Recognised as Colour

#BD58EE

#BD58EE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#BD58EE is a violet with RGB values 189, 88, 238 and HSL 280°, 82%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#BD58EE

RGBrgb(189, 88, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.3451, 0.9333

RGB percentages74.1%, 34.5%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(280.4, 81.5%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 63%, 93.3%)

CMYK20.6%, 63%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,409,070

CSS custom property--colour: #BD58EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23971WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.79:1

Contrast with white3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#42A711

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1081F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#4E89EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B8759Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 12.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 12.8 Blue violet · ΔE 22 Dark violet · ΔE 23.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24 Orchid · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 12.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#89EE58

Analogous#7258EE, #EE58D4

Triadic#EEBD58, #58EEBD

Split complementary#D4EE58, #58EE72

Tetradic#EE7258, #89EE58, #58D4EE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4E3FC

Lighter +20%#E2B5F7

Lighter +10%#CF86F3

Darker −10%#AB2AE9

Darker −20%#9015CB

Darker −30%#6F109D

Darker −40%#4E0B6F

More saturated +25%#C347FF

Less saturated −25%#B56FD7

Channel breakdown

R189

G88

B238

Red189 (74.1%)

Green88 (34.5%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue280.4°

Saturation (HSL)81.52%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BD · G 58 · B EE

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