Recognised as Colour

#BF73E1

#BF73E1
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#BF73E1 is a violet with RGB values 191, 115, 225 and HSL 281°, 65%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#BF73E1

RGBrgb(191, 115, 225)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.451, 0.8824

RGB percentages74.9%, 45.1%, 88.2%

HSLhsl(281.5, 64.7%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.5, 48.9%, 88.2%)

CMYK15.1%, 48.9%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,547,041

CSS custom property--colour: #BF73E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28774WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.75:1

Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#408C1E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B8EE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7294DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BD84A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 12.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 13.2 Medium purple · ΔE 14.1 Violet · ΔE 14.3 Slate blue · ΔE 23.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 12.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#95E173

Analogous#8873E1, #E173CC

Triadic#E1BF73, #73E1BF

Split complementary#CCE173, #73E188

Tetradic#E18873, #95E173, #73CCE1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F1FC

Lighter +20%#E5C7F3

Lighter +10%#D29DEA

Darker −10%#AC49D8

Darker −20%#942AC4

Darker −30%#75219A

Darker −40%#551870

More saturated +25%#C75EF6

Less saturated −25%#B788CC

Channel breakdown

R191

G115

B225

Red191 (74.9%)

Green115 (45.1%)

Blue225 (88.2%)

Hue281.45°

Saturation (HSL)64.71%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BF · G 73 · B E1

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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