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Recognised as Colour

#BE48AD

  • #BE48AD
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#BE48AD is a magenta with RGB values 190, 72, 173 and HSL 309°, 48%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#BE48AD#BE48AD
HEX#BE48AD
RGBrgb(190, 72, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.2824, 0.6784
RGB percentages74.5%, 28.2%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(308.6, 47.6%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(308.6, 62.1%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 62.1%, 8.9%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,470,445
CSS custom property--colour: #BE48AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18599WCAG 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 4.72:1
Contrast with white4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#41B752

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#466CB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C7EAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C65174no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.2 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 text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 13.6Medium orchid · ΔE 16.9Dark magenta · ΔE 19.6Medium violet red · ΔE 20.4Violet · ΔE 20.6Purple · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 13.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#48BE59
Analogous#9448BE, #BE4872
Triadic#ADBE48, #48ADBE
Split complementary#72BE48, #48BE94
Tetradic#BE9448, #48BE59, #4872BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3DFF0
Lighter +30%#E6B9E0
Lighter +20%#D993CF
Lighter +10%#CB6EBE
Darker −10%#9C378D
Darker −20%#762A6B
Darker −30%#501D49
Darker −40%#2B0F27
More saturated +25%#DD29C3
Less saturated −25%#9F6797

Channel breakdown

R190
G72
B173
Red190 (74.5%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue308.64°
Saturation (HSL)47.58%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G 48 · B AD

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