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Recognised as Colour

#BD9FCD

  • #BD9FCD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BD9FCD is a violet with RGB values 189, 159, 205 and HSL 279°, 32%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BD9FCD#BD9FCD
HEX#BD9FCD
RGBrgb(189, 159, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.6235, 0.8039
RGB percentages74.1%, 62.4%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(279.1, 31.5%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.1, 22.4%, 80.4%)
CMYK7.8%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,427,213
CSS custom property--colour: #BD9FCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#426032

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99A8CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FABCBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Tritanopia#BCA4AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.9Thistle · ΔE 16Light steelblue · ΔE 23Rosy brown · ΔE 26.8Light slate grey · ΔE 26.9Pink · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFCD9F
Analogous#A69FCD, #CD9FC6
Triadic#CDBD9F, #9FCDBD
Split complementary#C6CD9F, #9FCDA6
Tetradic#CDA69F, #AFCD9F, #9FC6CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBE2F0
Lighter +10%#D4C1DE
Darker −10%#A67DBC
Darker −20%#8F5CAA
Darker −30%#74488B
Darker −40%#583769
More saturated +25%#C38DDF
Less saturated −25%#B7B1BB

Channel breakdown

R189
G159
B205
Red189 (74.1%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue279.13°
Saturation (HSL)31.51%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G 9F · B CD

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