Recognised as Colour

#BE539A

#BE539A
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#BE539A is a magenta with RGB values 190, 83, 154 and HSL 320°, 45%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#BE539A#BE539A

HEX#BE539A

RGBrgb(190, 83, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.3255, 0.6039

RGB percentages74.5%, 32.5%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(320.2, 45.1%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(320.2, 56.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 56.3%, 18.9%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,473,242

CSS custom property--colour: #BE539A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19467WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.89:1

Contrast with white4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#41AC65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A6F9Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#798197no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C9546Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 20.4 Hot pink · ΔE 20.7 Medium violet red · ΔE 21 Pale violetred · ΔE 21.5 Violet · ΔE 26.8 Plum · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 20.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#53BE77

Analogous#AD53BE, #BE5364

Triadic#9ABE53, #539ABE

Split complementary#64BE53, #53BEAD

Tetradic#BEAD53, #53BE77, #5364BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6E7F1

Lighter +30%#E8C2DB

Lighter +20%#DA9DC5

Lighter +10%#CC78B0

Darker −10%#A13D7F

Darker −20%#7C2F62

Darker −30%#572145

Darker −40%#321328

More saturated +25%#DC35A4

Less saturated −25%#A07190

Channel breakdown

R190

G83

B154

Red190 (74.5%)

Green83 (32.5%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue320.19°

Saturation (HSL)45.15%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 53 · B 9A

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