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Colour

#BE99C8

  • #BE99C8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BE99C8 is a violet with RGB values 190, 153, 200 and HSL 287°, 30%, 69%. 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

#BE99C8#BE99C8
HEX#BE99C8
RGBrgb(190, 153, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6, 0.7843
RGB percentages74.5%, 60%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(287.2, 29.9%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.2, 23.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK5%, 23.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,491,208
CSS custom property--colour: #BE99C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.379WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.58:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#416637

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94A3CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CA7C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BF9EA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.1Thistle · ΔE 17.9Light steelblue · ΔE 25.9Rosy brown · ΔE 26.4Pink · ΔE 27.3Light pink · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3C899
Analogous#A799C8, #C899BA
Triadic#C8BE99, #99C8BE
Split complementary#BBC899, #99C8A7
Tetradic#C8A799, #A3C899, #99BAC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFCFE
Lighter +20%#E8DBEC
Lighter +10%#D3BADA
Darker −10%#A978B6
Darker −20%#9358A3
Darker −30%#754682
Darker −40%#573461
More saturated +25%#C985DC
Less saturated −25%#B3ADB4

Channel breakdown

R190
G153
B200
Red190 (74.5%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue287.23°
Saturation (HSL)29.94%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G 99 · B C8

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