Recognised as Colour

#BE43BD

#BE43BD
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#BE43BD is a magenta with RGB values 190, 67, 189 and HSL 300°, 49%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#BE43BD

RGBrgb(190, 67, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.2627, 0.7412

RGB percentages74.5%, 26.3%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(300.5, 48.6%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(300.5, 64.7%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 64.7%, 0.5%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,469,181

CSS custom property--colour: #BE43BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.73:1

Contrast with white4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#41BC42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#336DC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#627DBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57 from the original

Tritanopia#C4537Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.3 Orchid · ΔE 16.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 17.8 Violet · ΔE 21.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.2 Purple · ΔE 21.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.34, clearly different but related

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#43BE44

Analogous#8243BE, #BE437F

Triadic#BDBE43, #43BDBE

Split complementary#7FBE43, #43BE82

Tetradic#BE8243, #43BE44, #437FBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2DBF2

Lighter +30%#E5B5E5

Lighter +20%#D88FD8

Lighter +10%#CB69CA

Darker −10%#993598

Darker −20%#732873

Darker −30%#4D1B4D

Darker −40%#270E27

More saturated +25%#DE23DC

Less saturated −25%#9E639E

Channel breakdown

R190

G67

B189

Red190 (74.5%)

Green67 (26.3%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue300.49°

Saturation (HSL)48.62%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 43 · B BD

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