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Recognised as Colour

#BE51DF

  • #BE51DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#BE51DF is a violet with RGB values 190, 81, 223 and HSL 286°, 69%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#BE51DF#BE51DF
HEX#BE51DF
RGBrgb(190, 81, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.3176, 0.8745
RGB percentages74.5%, 31.8%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(286.1, 68.9%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.1, 63.7%, 87.5%)
CMYK14.8%, 63.7%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,472,799
CSS custom property--colour: #BE51DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.43:1
Contrast with white3.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.43:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#41AE20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1F7BE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5585DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original
Tritanopia#BD6A91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.87:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.8Dark orchid · ΔE 12.8Orchid · ΔE 22.6Violet · ΔE 23.9Blue violet · ΔE 25.3Dark violet · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72DF51
Analogous#7751DF, #DF51B9
Triadic#DFBE51, #51DFBE
Split complementary#B9DF51, #51DF77
Tetradic#DF7751, #72DF51, #51B9DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDFF
Lighter +30%#EED2F7
Lighter +20%#DEA7EF
Lighter +10%#CE7CE7
Darker −10%#AD27D6
Darker −20%#8A1FAB
Darker −30%#671780
Darker −40%#441054
More saturated +25%#CC37F9
Less saturated −25%#B06BC5

Channel breakdown

R190
G81
B223
Red190 (74.5%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue286.06°
Saturation (HSL)68.93%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G 51 · B DF

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