Colour

#BE40BC

#BE40BC
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#BE40BC is a magenta with RGB values 190, 64, 188 and HSL 301°, 50%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#BE40BC#BE40BC

HEX#BE40BC

RGBrgb(190, 64, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.251, 0.7373

RGB percentages74.5%, 25.1%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(301, 49.6%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(301, 66.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 66.3%, 1.1%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,468,412

CSS custom property--colour: #BE40BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.65:1

Contrast with white4.52:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#646464

Inverted#41BF43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#306CC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#617CB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C45179no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.9 Orchid · ΔE 17.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 17.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 20.9 Purple · ΔE 21.2 Violet · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.93, clearly different but related

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#40BE42

Analogous#8140BE, #BE407D

Triadic#BCBE40, #40BCBE

Split complementary#7DBE40, #40BE81

Tetradic#BE8140, #40BE42, #407DBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F2D8F1

Lighter +30%#E5B2E4

Lighter +20%#D88CD7

Lighter +10%#CB66CA

Darker −10%#983396

Darker −20%#722671

Darker −30%#4C194B

Darker −40%#250D25

More saturated +25%#DE20DB

Less saturated −25%#9E609D

Channel breakdown

R190

G64

B188

Red190 (74.5%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue300.95°

Saturation (HSL)49.61%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 40 · B BC

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