Recognised as Colour

#BF81E5

#BF81E5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#BF81E5 is a violet with RGB values 191, 129, 229 and HSL 277°, 66%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#BF81E5#BF81E5

HEX#BF81E5

RGBrgb(191, 129, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.5059, 0.898

RGB percentages74.9%, 50.6%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(277.2, 65.8%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.2, 43.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK16.6%, 43.7%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,550,629

CSS custom property--colour: #BF81E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.49:1

Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#407E1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C97E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C9CE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BB90A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 13.1 Orchid · ΔE 15.4 Violet · ΔE 16.5 Medium orchid · ΔE 20.9 Plum · ΔE 23.7 Slate blue · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 13.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A7E581

Analogous#8D81E5, #E581D9

Triadic#E5BF81, #81E5BF

Split complementary#D9E581, #81E58D

Tetradic#E58D81, #A7E581, #81D9E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EAD6F6

Lighter +10%#D4ABEE

Darker −10%#AA57DC

Darker −20%#942CD4

Darker −30%#7723AA

Darker −40%#591A80

More saturated +25%#C46EF8

Less saturated −25%#BA94D2

Channel breakdown

R191

G129

B229

Red191 (74.9%)

Green129 (50.6%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue277.2°

Saturation (HSL)65.79%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BF · G 81 · B E5

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#BF81E5

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else