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Colour

#BE9ADF

  • #BE9ADF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BE9ADF is a violet with RGB values 190, 154, 223 and HSL 271°, 52%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BE9ADF#BE9ADF
HEX#BE9ADF
RGBrgb(190, 154, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6039, 0.8745
RGB percentages74.5%, 60.4%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(271.3, 51.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.3, 30.9%, 87.5%)
CMYK14.8%, 30.9%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,491,487
CSS custom property--colour: #BE9ADF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39386WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.88:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#416520

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DA7E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#95A9DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Tritanopia#BAA4B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11Medium purple · ΔE 26.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.7Thistle · ΔE 27Orchid · ΔE 29.9Violet · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBDF9A
Analogous#9C9ADF, #DF9ADE
Triadic#DFBE9A, #9ADFBE
Split complementary#DDDF9A, #9ADF9C
Tetradic#DF9C9A, #BBDF9A, #9ADEDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0E7F8
Lighter +10%#D7C1EB
Darker −10%#A573D3
Darker −20%#8C4DC6
Darker −30%#7336AA
Darker −40%#582A83
More saturated +25%#BF89F0
Less saturated −25%#BDABCE

Channel breakdown

R190
G154
B223
Red190 (74.5%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue271.3°
Saturation (HSL)51.88%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G 9A · B DF

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