Recognised as Colour

#BEA6EA

#BEA6EA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#BEA6EA is a violet with RGB values 190, 166, 234 and HSL 261°, 62%, 78%. 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

#BEA6EA#BEA6EA

HEX#BEA6EA

RGBrgb(190, 166, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.651, 0.9176

RGB percentages74.5%, 65.1%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(261.2, 61.8%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.2, 29.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK18.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,494,570

CSS custom property--colour: #BEA6EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.83:1

Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#415915

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#97B1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9BB1E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B6B0BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.1 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 text9.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.7 Thistle · ΔE 24.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 28.8 Medium purple · ΔE 29.7 Steel blue · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D2EAA6

Analogous#A6B0EA, #E0A6EA

Triadic#EABEA6, #A6EABE

Split complementary#EAE0A6, #B0EAA6

Tetradic#EAA6B0, #D2EAA6, #A6EAE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF9FD

Lighter +10%#DCCFF4

Darker −10%#A07DE0

Darker −20%#8253D7

Darker −30%#652FC8

Darker −40%#50259F

More saturated +25%#BA98F8

Less saturated −25%#C2B4DC

Channel breakdown

R190

G166

B234

Red190 (74.5%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue261.18°

Saturation (HSL)61.82%

Lightness78.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BE · G A6 · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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