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Recognised as Colour

#BE97D8

  • #BE97D8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BE97D8 is a violet with RGB values 190, 151, 216 and HSL 276°, 45%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BE97D8#BE97D8
HEX#BE97D8
RGBrgb(190, 151, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.5922, 0.8471
RGB percentages74.5%, 59.2%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(276, 45.5%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 30.1%, 84.7%)
CMYK12%, 30.1%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,490,712
CSS custom property--colour: #BE97D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.61:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#416827

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CA4DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#95A7D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BC9FAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 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 text8.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 9.8Thistle · ΔE 25.7Medium purple · ΔE 27.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.3Orchid · ΔE 30Violet · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 9.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1D897
Analogous#9D97D8, #D897D2
Triadic#D8BE97, #97D8BE
Split complementary#D2D897, #97D89D
Tetradic#D89D97, #B1D897, #97D2D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECE1F4
Lighter +10%#D5BCE6
Darker −10%#A772CA
Darker −20%#904DBC
Darker −30%#753A9C
Darker −40%#592C77
More saturated +25%#C285EA
Less saturated −25%#BAA9C6

Channel breakdown

R190
G151
B216
Red190 (74.5%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G 97 · B D8

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