Colour

#BE56AC

#BE56AC
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#BE56AC is a magenta with RGB values 190, 86, 172 and HSL 310°, 44%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#BE56AC#BE56AC

HEX#BE56AC

RGBrgb(190, 86, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.3373, 0.6745

RGB percentages74.5%, 33.7%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(310.4, 44.4%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(310.4, 54.7%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 54.7%, 9.5%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,474,028

CSS custom property--colour: #BE56AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20581WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.12:1

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

Contrast with black5.12:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#727272

Inverted#41A953

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5574AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7483A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C65C79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text5.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 13.1 Violet · ΔE 20.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 21.7 Medium violet red · ΔE 23 Hot pink · ΔE 23.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 13.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#56BE68

Analogous#9C56BE, #BE5678

Triadic#ACBE56, #56ACBE

Split complementary#78BE56, #56BE9C

Tetradic#BE9C56, #56BE68, #5678BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7E9F4

Lighter +30%#E9C5E2

Lighter +20%#DAA0D0

Lighter +10%#CC7BBE

Darker −10%#A33F91

Darker −20%#7E3070

Darker −30%#59224F

Darker −40%#34142E

More saturated +25%#DB39BF

Less saturated −25%#A17399

Channel breakdown

R190

G86

B172

Red190 (74.5%)

Green86 (33.7%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue310.38°

Saturation (HSL)44.44%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 56 · B AC

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Colour values

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