Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#BE28EB

  • #BE28EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#BE28EB is a violet with RGB values 190, 40, 235 and HSL 286°, 83%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#BE28EB#BE28EB
HEX#BE28EB
RGBrgb(190, 40, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.1569, 0.9216
RGB percentages74.5%, 15.7%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(286.2, 83%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.2, 83%, 92.2%)
CMYK19.1%, 83%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,462,315
CSS custom property--colour: #BE28EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18463WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.69:1
Contrast with white4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#41D714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#247BE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BB5A8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 11.8Blue violet · ΔE 15.4Dark orchid · ΔE 17.8Fuchsia · ΔE 21.5Magenta · ΔE 21.5Medium orchid · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 11.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#55EB28
Analogous#5D28EB, #EB28B6
Triadic#EBBE28, #28EBBE
Split complementary#B7EB28, #28EB5C
Tetradic#EB5C28, #55EB28, #28B6EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6E3FC
Lighter +30%#E8B4F8
Lighter +20%#DA85F4
Lighter +10%#CC57EF
Darker −10%#A213CD
Darker −20%#7D0F9E
Darker −30%#580A70
Darker −40%#330641
More saturated +25%#C914FF
Less saturated −25%#AE45CE

Channel breakdown

R190
G40
B235
Red190 (74.5%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue286.15°
Saturation (HSL)82.98%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G 28 · B EB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “be28eb” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.