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Recognised as Colour

#BE5CED

  • #BE5CED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#BE5CED is a violet with RGB values 190, 92, 237 and HSL 281°, 80%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#BE5CED#BE5CED
HEX#BE5CED
RGBrgb(190, 92, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.3608, 0.9294
RGB percentages74.5%, 36.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(280.6, 80.1%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.6, 61.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK19.8%, 61.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,475,629
CSS custom property--colour: #BE5CED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.94:1
Contrast with white3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#41A312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2483F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#548BEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B9779Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 10.5Dark orchid · ΔE 14.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 23Blue violet · ΔE 24.3Orchid · ΔE 24.3Violet · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 10.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BED5C
Analogous#765CED, #ED5CD3
Triadic#EDBE5C, #5CEDBE
Split complementary#D3ED5C, #5CED76
Tetradic#ED765C, #8BED5C, #5CD3ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5E6FC
Lighter +20%#E3B8F7
Lighter +10%#D08AF2
Darker −10%#AC2EE8
Darker −20%#9117CC
Darker −30%#71129E
Darker −40%#500C71
More saturated +25%#C44AFF
Less saturated −25%#B673D6

Channel breakdown

R190
G92
B237
Red190 (74.5%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue280.55°
Saturation (HSL)80.11%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G 5C · B ED

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