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Recognised as Colour

#BE218A

  • #BE218A
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#BE218A is a magenta with RGB values 190, 33, 138 and HSL 320°, 70%, 44%. 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

#BE218A#BE218A
HEX#BE218A
RGBrgb(190, 33, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.1294, 0.5412
RGB percentages74.5%, 12.9%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(319.9, 70.4%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(319.9, 82.6%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 82.6%, 27.4%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,460,426
CSS custom property--colour: #BE218A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.56:1
Contrast with white5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#41DE75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3A578Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A7187no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.3 from the original
Tritanopia#CB1C55no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 5.7Dark magenta · ΔE 22.9Hot pink · ΔE 23.4Purple · ΔE 23.7Deep pink · ΔE 25.1Orchid · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 5.74, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#21BE55
Analogous#A321BE, #BE213C
Triadic#8ABE21, #218ABE
Split complementary#3CBE21, #21BEA3
Tetradic#BEA321, #21BE55, #213CBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3B8DF
Lighter +30%#EB8DCC
Lighter +20%#E461B8
Lighter +10%#DC36A5
Darker −10%#93196A
Darker −20%#67124B
Darker −30%#3C0A2B
Darker −40%#10030C
More saturated +25%#DA0593
Less saturated −25%#A23D81

Channel breakdown

R190
G33
B138
Red190 (74.5%)
Green33 (12.9%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue319.87°
Saturation (HSL)70.4%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G 21 · B 8A

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