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Recognised as Colour

#BE34DC

  • #BE34DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#BE34DC is a violet with RGB values 190, 52, 220 and HSL 289°, 71%, 53%. 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 orchid.

Colour values

#BE34DC#BE34DC
HEX#BE34DC
RGBrgb(190, 52, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.2039, 0.8627
RGB percentages74.5%, 20.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(289.3, 70.6%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.3, 76.4%, 86.3%)
CMYK13.6%, 76.4%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,465,372
CSS custom property--colour: #BE34DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.71:1
Contrast with white4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#41CB23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#437CD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.2 from the original
Tritanopia#BE5887no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 11.7Dark violet · ΔE 16.4Medium orchid · ΔE 19Blue violet · ΔE 19.1Fuchsia · ΔE 26.1Magenta · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 11.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#52DC34
Analogous#6A34DC, #DC34A6
Triadic#DCBE34, #34DCBE
Split complementary#A6DC34, #34DC6A
Tetradic#DC6A34, #52DC34, #34A6DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6E2FA
Lighter +30%#E8B7F3
Lighter +20%#DA8BEB
Lighter +10%#CC5FE3
Darker −10%#A121BD
Darker −20%#7C1991
Darker −30%#561166
Darker −40%#310A3A
More saturated +25%#D116FA
Less saturated −25%#AB52BE

Channel breakdown

R190
G52
B220
Red190 (74.5%)
Green52 (20.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue289.29°
Saturation (HSL)70.59%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G 34 · B DC

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