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Recognised as Colour

#BF6EEA

  • #BF6EEA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#BF6EEA is a violet with RGB values 191, 110, 234 and HSL 279°, 75%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#BF6EEA#BF6EEA
HEX#BF6EEA
RGBrgb(191, 110, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.4314, 0.9176
RGB percentages74.9%, 43.1%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(279.2, 74.7%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.2, 53%, 91.8%)
CMYK18.4%, 53%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,545,770
CSS custom property--colour: #BF6EEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.63:1
Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#409115

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D8CEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6893E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BB83A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.4Orchid · ΔE 16.2Medium purple · ΔE 16.8Violet · ΔE 16.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.8Dark orchid · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99EA6E
Analogous#816EEA, #EA6ED7
Triadic#EABF6E, #6EEABF
Split complementary#D7EA6E, #6EEA81
Tetradic#EA816E, #99EA6E, #6ED7EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF4FD
Lighter +20%#E6C7F7
Lighter +10%#D39BF0
Darker −10%#AB41E4
Darker −20%#951FD3
Darker −30%#7518A7
Darker −40%#56127A
More saturated +25%#C559FF
Less saturated −25%#B983D5

Channel breakdown

R191
G110
B234
Red191 (74.9%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue279.19°
Saturation (HSL)74.7%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G 6E · B EA

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