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Recognised as Colour

#BE159A

  • #BE159A
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#BE159A is a magenta with RGB values 190, 21, 154 and HSL 313°, 80%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#BE159A#BE159A
HEX#BE159A
RGBrgb(190, 21, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.0824, 0.6039
RGB percentages74.5%, 8.2%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(312.8, 80.1%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(312.8, 88.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 88.9%, 18.9%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,457,370
CSS custom property--colour: #BE159A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.58:1
Contrast with white5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#41EA65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#27589Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#627197no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.9 from the original
Tritanopia#CA205Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 14.1Dark magenta · ΔE 17.3Purple · ΔE 20.3Medium orchid · ΔE 24Orchid · ΔE 25.4Hot pink · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 14.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#15BE39
Analogous#8D15BE, #BE1546
Triadic#9ABE15, #159ABE
Split complementary#46BE15, #15BE8D
Tetradic#BE8D15, #15BE39, #1546BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6A9E5
Lighter +30%#F07CD8
Lighter +20%#EB4ECA
Lighter +10%#E620BC
Darker −10%#901075
Darker −20%#620B50
Darker −30%#34062A
Darker −40%#060105
More saturated +25%#D300A6
Less saturated −25%#A42F8B

Channel breakdown

R190
G21
B154
Red190 (74.5%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue312.78°
Saturation (HSL)80.09%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G 15 · B 9A

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