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Recognised as Colour

#BF5EFB

  • #BF5EFB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#BF5EFB is a violet with RGB values 191, 94, 251 and HSL 277°, 95%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#BF5EFB#BF5EFB
HEX#BF5EFB
RGBrgb(191, 94, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.3686, 0.9843
RGB percentages74.9%, 36.9%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(277.1, 95.2%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.1, 62.5%, 98.4%)
CMYK23.9%, 62.5%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,541,691
CSS custom property--colour: #BF5EFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26047WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.21:1
Contrast with white3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#40A104

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0087FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A8DF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B77DA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 15Medium orchid · ΔE 16.8Blue violet · ΔE 20.7Dark violet · ΔE 23.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 24Violet · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 14.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9AFB5E
Analogous#705EFB, #FB5EE9
Triadic#FBBF5E, #5EFBBF
Split complementary#E9FB5E, #5EFB70
Tetradic#FB705E, #9AFB5E, #5EE9FB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF3FF
Lighter +20%#E7C2FD
Lighter +10%#D390FC
Darker −10%#AB2CFA
Darker −20%#9506ED
Darker −30%#7605BB
Darker −40%#56038A
More saturated +25%#C05AFF
Less saturated −25%#BA73E6

Channel breakdown

R191
G94
B251
Red191 (74.9%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue277.07°
Saturation (HSL)95.15%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G 5E · B FB

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