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Recognised as Colour

#BE3AFF

  • #BE3AFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#BE3AFF is a violet with RGB values 190, 58, 255 and HSL 280°, 100%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#BE3AFF#BE3AFF
HEX#BE3AFF
RGBrgb(190, 58, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.2275, 1
RGB percentages74.5%, 22.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(280.2, 100%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.2, 77.3%, 100%)
CMYK25.5%, 77.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,466,943
CSS custom property--colour: #BE3AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1
Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#41C500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0079FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0081FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B56B9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 14.1Blue violet · ΔE 14.4Dark orchid · ΔE 21.3Fuchsia · ΔE 23.8Magenta · ΔE 23.8Medium orchid · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 14.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7BFF3A
Analogous#5C3AFF, #FF3ADD
Triadic#FFBE3A, #3AFFBE
Split complementary#DEFF3A, #3AFF5B
Tetradic#FF5B3A, #7BFF3A, #3ADDFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0D3FF
Lighter +20%#E0A0FF
Lighter +10%#CF6DFF
Darker −10%#AD07FF
Darker −20%#8D00D3
Darker −30%#6B00A0
Darker −40%#49006D
More saturated +25%#BE3AFF
Less saturated −25%#B653E6

Channel breakdown

R190
G58
B255
Red190 (74.5%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue280.2°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G 3A · B FF

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