Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#BE9ACA

  • #BE9ACA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BE9ACA is a violet with RGB values 190, 154, 202 and HSL 285°, 31%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BE9ACA#BE9ACA
HEX#BE9ACA
RGBrgb(190, 154, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6039, 0.7922
RGB percentages74.5%, 60.4%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(285, 31.2%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285, 23.8%, 79.2%)
CMYK5.9%, 23.8%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,491,466
CSS custom property--colour: #BE9ACA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38323WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.66:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#416535

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94A4CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CA8C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BE9FABno 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 text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12Thistle · ΔE 18Light steelblue · ΔE 25.8Rosy brown · ΔE 27.1Pink · ΔE 27.6Light pink · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6CA9A
Analogous#A69ACA, #CA9ABE
Triadic#CABE9A, #9ACABE
Split complementary#BECA9A, #9ACAA6
Tetradic#CAA69A, #A6CA9A, #9ABECA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFF
Lighter +20%#E9DDED
Lighter +10%#D4BBDC
Darker −10%#A879B8
Darker −20%#9357A7
Darker −30%#754685
Darker −40%#583464
More saturated +25%#C887DD
Less saturated −25%#B4ADB7

Channel breakdown

R190
G154
B202
Red190 (74.5%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue285°
Saturation (HSL)31.17%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G 9A · B CA

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “be9aca” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.