Recognised as Colour

#BF8ABA

#BF8ABA
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#BF8ABA is a magenta with RGB values 191, 138, 186 and HSL 306°, 29%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BF8ABA#BF8ABA

HEX#BF8ABA

RGBrgb(191, 138, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.5412, 0.7294

RGB percentages74.9%, 54.1%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(305.7, 29.3%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(305.7, 27.7%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 27.7%, 2.6%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,552,890

CSS custom property--colour: #BF8ABA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32798WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.56:1

Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#407545

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8897BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#949EB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C38D9Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.5 Thistle · ΔE 23.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 24.9 Rosy brown · ΔE 26.2 Light pink · ΔE 27.9 Pink · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8ABF8F

Analogous#AA8ABF, #BF8A9F

Triadic#BABF8A, #8ABABF

Split complementary#A0BF8A, #8ABFA9

Tetradic#BFAA8A, #8ABF8F, #8AA0BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5EDF4

Lighter +20%#E3CCE1

Lighter +10%#D1ABCD

Darker −10%#AD69A7

Darker −20%#93508C

Darker −30%#723E6D

Darker −40%#512C4D

More saturated +25%#D673CC

Less saturated −25%#A8A1A8

Channel breakdown

R191

G138

B186

Red191 (74.9%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue305.66°

Saturation (HSL)29.28%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G 8A · B BA

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Colour values

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