Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#BE60E9

  • #BE60E9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#BE60E9 is a violet with RGB values 190, 96, 233 and HSL 281°, 76%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#BE60E9#BE60E9
HEX#BE60E9
RGBrgb(190, 96, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.3765, 0.9137
RGB percentages74.5%, 37.6%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(281.2, 75.7%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.2, 58.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK18.5%, 58.8%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,476,649
CSS custom property--colour: #BE60E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.04:1
Contrast with white3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#419F16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3484EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B8CE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BA789Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.5Dark orchid · ΔE 16.3Orchid · ΔE 20.8Violet · ΔE 21.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.1Medium purple · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BE960
Analogous#7A60E9, #E960CF
Triadic#E9BE60, #60E9BE
Split complementary#D0E960, #60E979
Tetradic#E97960, #8BE960, #60D0E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5E6FC
Lighter +20%#E3BAF5
Lighter +10%#D08DEF
Darker −10%#AC33E3
Darker −20%#911CC7
Darker −30%#71159B
Darker −40%#500F6E
More saturated +25%#C64AFF
Less saturated −25%#B677D2

Channel breakdown

R190
G96
B233
Red190 (74.5%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue281.17°
Saturation (HSL)75.69%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G 60 · B E9

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “be60e9” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.