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Recognised as Colour

#BE9DD8

  • #BE9DD8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BE9DD8 is a violet with RGB values 190, 157, 216 and HSL 274°, 43%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BE9DD8#BE9DD8
HEX#BE9DD8
RGBrgb(190, 157, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6157, 0.8471
RGB percentages74.5%, 61.6%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(273.6, 43.1%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.6, 27.3%, 84.7%)
CMYK12%, 27.3%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,492,248
CSS custom property--colour: #BE9DD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#416227

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93A8DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AAAD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Tritanopia#BBA5B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 10.7Thistle · ΔE 21.8Light steelblue · ΔE 28Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.6Medium purple · ΔE 31.7Pink · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 10.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7D89D
Analogous#A19DD8, #D89DD4
Triadic#D8BE9D, #9DD8BE
Split complementary#D5D89D, #9DD8A1
Tetradic#D8A19D, #B7D89D, #9DD5D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEE6F5
Lighter +10%#D6C1E7
Darker −10%#A679C9
Darker −20%#8E54BB
Darker −30%#743F9D
Darker −40%#593079
More saturated +25%#C08CE9
Less saturated −25%#BCAEC7

Channel breakdown

R190
G157
B216
Red190 (74.5%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue273.56°
Saturation (HSL)43.07%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G 9D · B D8

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