Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#BEA5EF

  • #BEA5EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BEA5EF is a violet with RGB values 190, 165, 239 and HSL 260°, 70%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BEA5EF#BEA5EF
HEX#BEA5EF
RGBrgb(190, 165, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6471, 0.9373
RGB percentages74.5%, 64.7%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(260.3, 69.8%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.3, 31%, 93.7%)
CMYK20.5%, 31%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,494,319
CSS custom property--colour: #BEA5EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.82:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#415A10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94B1F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#98B1EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B5B1C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.6Medium purple · ΔE 27.1Thistle · ΔE 27.8Light steelblue · ΔE 31.8Violet · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6EFA5
Analogous#A5B1EF, #E3A5EF
Triadic#EFBEA5, #A5EFBE
Split complementary#EFE3A5, #B1EFA5
Tetradic#EFA5B1, #D6EFA5, #A5EFE3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFCFE
Lighter +10%#DDD0F7
Darker −10%#9F7AE7
Darker −20%#7F4EE0
Darker −30%#6126D5
Darker −40%#4D1EAA
More saturated +25%#BA98FC
Less saturated −25%#C2B2E2

Channel breakdown

R190
G165
B239
Red190 (74.5%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue260.27°
Saturation (HSL)69.81%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G A5 · B EF

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 “bea5ef” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.