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Recognised as Colour

#BE69EA

  • #BE69EA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#BE69EA is a violet with RGB values 190, 105, 234 and HSL 280°, 75%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#BE69EA#BE69EA
HEX#BE69EA
RGBrgb(190, 105, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.4118, 0.9176
RGB percentages74.5%, 41.2%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(279.5, 75.4%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.5, 55.1%, 91.8%)
CMYK18.8%, 55.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,478,954
CSS custom property--colour: #BE69EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26991WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.4:1
Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#419615

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4489EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6290E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Tritanopia#BA7FA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8Orchid · ΔE 17.9Violet · ΔE 18.5Medium purple · ΔE 18.8Dark orchid · ΔE 20.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95EA69
Analogous#7E69EA, #EA69D5
Triadic#EABE69, #69EABE
Split complementary#D6EA69, #69EA7D
Tetradic#EA7D69, #95EA69, #69D6EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8EFFD
Lighter +20%#E5C2F7
Lighter +10%#D196F0
Darker −10%#AB3CE4
Darker −20%#931DD0
Darker −30%#7317A3
Darker −40%#541176
More saturated +25%#C554FF
Less saturated −25%#B77ED5

Channel breakdown

R190
G105
B234
Red190 (74.5%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue279.53°
Saturation (HSL)75.44%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G 69 · B EA

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