Recognised as Colour

#BE8FED

#BE8FED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#BE8FED is a violet with RGB values 190, 143, 237 and HSL 270°, 72%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#BE8FED

RGBrgb(190, 143, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.5608, 0.9294

RGB percentages74.5%, 56.1%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(270, 72.3%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270, 39.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK19.8%, 39.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,488,685

CSS custom property--colour: #BE8FED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.34:1

Contrast with white2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#417012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7AA2F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Deuteranopia#84A4EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B79EB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.3 Plum · ΔE 20 Orchid · ΔE 21.2 Violet · ΔE 21.4 Slate blue · ΔE 27.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BEED8F

Analogous#8F8FED, #ED8FED

Triadic#EDBE8F, #8FEDBE

Split complementary#EDED8F, #8FED8F

Tetradic#ED8F8F, #BEED8F, #8FEDED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F1E7FB

Lighter +10%#D8BBF4

Darker −10%#A563E6

Darker −20%#8B37DF

Darker −30%#721FC4

Darker −40%#581898

More saturated +25%#BE7FFD

Less saturated −25%#BE9FDD

Channel breakdown

R190

G143

B237

Red190 (74.5%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue270°

Saturation (HSL)72.31%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BE · G 8F · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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