Recognised as Colour

#BE63AA

#BE63AA
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#BE63AA is a magenta with RGB values 190, 99, 170 and HSL 313°, 41%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#BE63AA#BE63AA

HEX#BE63AA

RGBrgb(190, 99, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.3882, 0.6667

RGB percentages74.5%, 38.8%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(313.2, 41.2%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(313.2, 47.9%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 47.9%, 10.5%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,477,354

CSS custom property--colour: #BE63AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.55:1

Contrast with white3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#419C55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#647BACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D88A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C6677Fno 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 text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 17.5 Plum · ΔE 22.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 23 Violet · ΔE 23.5 Hot pink · ΔE 24 Medium violet red · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 17.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#63BE77

Analogous#A463BE, #BE637C

Triadic#AABE63, #63AABE

Split complementary#7CBE63, #63BEA4

Tetradic#BEA563, #63BE77, #637CBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF3F8

Lighter +30%#EBCFE5

Lighter +20%#DCABD1

Lighter +10%#CD87BE

Darker −10%#A84692

Darker −20%#843773

Darker −30%#602854

Darker −40%#3C1934

More saturated +25%#DA47B9

Less saturated −25%#A27F9B

Channel breakdown

R190

G99

B170

Red190 (74.5%)

Green99 (38.8%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue313.19°

Saturation (HSL)41.18%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 63 · B AA

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