Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#BF0FFF

  • #BF0FFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#BF0FFF is a violet with RGB values 191, 15, 255 and HSL 284°, 100%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#BF0FFF#BF0FFF
HEX#BF0FFF
RGBrgb(191, 15, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.0588, 1
RGB percentages74.9%, 5.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(284, 100%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 94.1%, 100%)
CMYK25.1%, 94.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,521,471
CSS custom property--colour: #BF0FFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18638WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#40F000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#007BFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B75E97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 17.5Blue violet · ΔE 20.2Fuchsia · ΔE 22Magenta · ΔE 22Dark orchid · ΔE 29.7Medium blue · ΔE 35.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 17.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4FFF0F
Analogous#470FFF, #FF0FC7
Triadic#FFBF0F, #0FFFBF
Split complementary#C7FF0F, #0FFF47
Tetradic#FF470F, #4FFF0F, #0FC7FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5DBFF
Lighter +30%#E8A8FF
Lighter +20%#DA75FF
Lighter +10%#CD42FF
Darker −10%#A100DB
Darker −20%#7B00A8
Darker −30%#560075
Darker −40%#300042
More saturated +25%#BF0FFF
Less saturated −25%#B12DE1

Channel breakdown

R191
G15
B255
Red191 (74.9%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue284°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G 0F · B FF

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 “bf0fff” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.