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Recognised as Colour

#BF48FA

  • #BF48FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#BF48FA is a violet with RGB values 191, 72, 250 and HSL 280°, 95%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#BF48FA#BF48FA
HEX#BF48FA
RGBrgb(191, 72, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.2824, 0.9804
RGB percentages74.9%, 28.2%, 98%
HSLhsl(280.1, 94.7%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.1, 71.2%, 98%)
CMYK23.6%, 71.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,536,058
CSS custom property--colour: #BF48FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.52:1
Contrast with white3.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#40B705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3085F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B8709Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.8:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.8Dark violet · ΔE 15.6Dark orchid · ΔE 15.9Medium orchid · ΔE 24.8Fuchsia · ΔE 26.4Magenta · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83FA48
Analogous#6648FA, #FA48DC
Triadic#FABF48, #48FABF
Split complementary#DCFA48, #48FA66
Tetradic#FA6648, #83FA48, #48DCFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3DDFE
Lighter +20%#E2ABFD
Lighter +10%#D07AFB
Darker −10%#AE16F9
Darker −20%#9106D6
Darker −30%#6F04A5
Darker −40%#4E0373
More saturated +25%#C143FF
Less saturated −25%#B760E3

Channel breakdown

R191
G72
B250
Red191 (74.9%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue280.11°
Saturation (HSL)94.68%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G 48 · B FA

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