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Recognised as Colour

#BEA5DB

  • #BEA5DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BEA5DB is a violet with RGB values 190, 165, 219 and HSL 268°, 43%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BEA5DB#BEA5DB
HEX#BEA5DB
RGBrgb(190, 165, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6471, 0.8588
RGB percentages74.5%, 64.7%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(267.8, 42.9%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.8, 24.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK13.2%, 24.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,494,299
CSS custom property--colour: #BEA5DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42972WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.59:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#415A24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BAEDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0AFD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BAACB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.4Thistle · ΔE 18.1Light steelblue · ΔE 23.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.9Lavender · ΔE 29.4Light slate grey · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2DBA5
Analogous#A5A7DB, #D9A5DB
Triadic#DBBEA5, #A5DBBE
Split complementary#DBD9A5, #A7DBA5
Tetradic#DBA5A7, #C2DBA5, #A5DBD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3EEF8
Lighter +10%#D8C9EA
Darker −10%#A481CC
Darker −20%#895CBE
Darker −30%#7042A5
Darker −40%#573381
More saturated +25%#BD95EB
Less saturated −25%#BFB5CB

Channel breakdown

R190
G165
B219
Red190 (74.5%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue267.78°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G A5 · B DB

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