Recognised as Colour

#BF6DD9

#BF6DD9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#BF6DD9 is a violet with RGB values 191, 109, 217 and HSL 286°, 59%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#BF6DD9

RGBrgb(191, 109, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.4275, 0.851

RGB percentages74.9%, 42.7%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(285.6, 58.7%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285.6, 49.8%, 85.1%)

CMYK12%, 49.8%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,545,497

CSS custom property--colour: #BF6DD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.4:1

Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#409226

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5889DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7191D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BF7D99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 10.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 11.9 Violet · ΔE 13.7 Medium purple · ΔE 15.7 Slate blue · ΔE 24.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 10.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#87D96D

Analogous#896DD9, #D96DBD

Triadic#D9BF6D, #6DD9BF

Split complementary#BDD96D, #6DD989

Tetradic#D9896D, #87D96D, #6DBDD9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4E6F9

Lighter +20%#E2BEEE

Lighter +10%#D195E4

Darker −10%#AD45CE

Darker −20%#922EB2

Darker −30%#712489

Darker −40%#501961

More saturated +25%#CB56F0

Less saturated −25%#B384C2

Channel breakdown

R191

G109

B217

Red191 (74.9%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue285.56°

Saturation (HSL)58.7%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BF · G 6D · B D9

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