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Recognised as Colour

#BD76FD

  • #BD76FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#BD76FD is a violet with RGB values 189, 118, 253 and HSL 272°, 97%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#BD76FD#BD76FD
HEX#BD76FD
RGBrgb(189, 118, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.4627, 0.9922
RGB percentages74.1%, 46.3%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(271.6, 97.1%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.6, 53.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK25.3%, 53.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,416,765
CSS custom property--colour: #BD76FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.17:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#428902

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4994FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6197FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B38FAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 14.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.4Medium purple · ΔE 18.5Violet · ΔE 21.8Orchid · ΔE 22.7Dark orchid · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 14.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6FD76
Analogous#7A76FD, #FD76FA
Triadic#FDBD76, #76FDBD
Split complementary#FAFD76, #76FD7A
Tetradic#FD7A76, #B6FD76, #76FAFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDDBFE
Lighter +10%#D5A8FE
Darker −10%#A544FC
Darker −20%#8D11FC
Darker −30%#7203D7
Darker −40%#5802A5
More saturated +25%#BD74FF
Less saturated −25%#BC87EC

Channel breakdown

R189
G118
B253
Red189 (74.1%)
Green118 (46.3%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue271.56°
Saturation (HSL)97.12%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G 76 · B FD

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