Recognised as Colour

#BE93F0

#BE93F0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#BE93F0 is a violet with RGB values 190, 147, 240 and HSL 268°, 76%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#BE93F0#BE93F0

HEX#BE93F0

RGBrgb(190, 147, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.5765, 0.9412

RGB percentages74.5%, 57.6%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(267.7, 75.6%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.7, 38.8%, 94.1%)

CMYK20.8%, 38.8%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,489,712

CSS custom property--colour: #BE93F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38106WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.62:1

Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#416C0F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7EA5F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#87A6EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B6A2B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 16.3 Plum · ΔE 19.6 Violet · ΔE 22.8 Orchid · ΔE 22.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.8 Slate blue · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 16.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C5F093

Analogous#9396F0, #ED93F0

Triadic#F0BE93, #93F0BE

Split complementary#F0ED93, #96F093

Tetradic#F09396, #C5F093, #93F0ED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4EDFC

Lighter +10%#D9C0F6

Darker −10%#A366EA

Darker −20%#8839E4

Darker −30%#6E1DCD

Darker −40%#5616A1

More saturated +25%#BD84FF

Less saturated −25%#BFA2E1

Channel breakdown

R190

G147

B240

Red190 (74.5%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue267.74°

Saturation (HSL)75.61%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BE · G 93 · B F0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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