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Recognised as Colour

#BD60FB

  • #BD60FB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#BD60FB is a violet with RGB values 189, 96, 251 and HSL 276°, 95%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#BD60FB#BD60FB
HEX#BD60FB
RGBrgb(189, 96, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.3765, 0.9843
RGB percentages74.1%, 37.6%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(276, 95.1%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 61.8%, 98.4%)
CMYK24.7%, 61.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,411,131
CSS custom property--colour: #BD60FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2615WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.23:1
Contrast with white3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#429F04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0A88FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A8DF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B47FA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 15.2Medium orchid · ΔE 16.3Blue violet · ΔE 21.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.8Dark violet · ΔE 24.3Violet · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 15.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EFB60
Analogous#6F60FB, #FB60EC
Triadic#FBBD60, #60FBBD
Split complementary#ECFB60, #60FB70
Tetradic#FB7060, #9EFB60, #60ECFB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF5FF
Lighter +20%#E6C3FE
Lighter +10%#D292FC
Darker −10%#A82EFA
Darker −20%#9206EF
Darker −30%#7305BD
Darker −40%#55048B
More saturated +25%#BE5CFF
Less saturated −25%#B974E7

Channel breakdown

R189
G96
B251
Red189 (74.1%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)95.09%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G 60 · B FB

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