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Colour

#BF95CB

  • #BF95CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BF95CB is a violet with RGB values 191, 149, 203 and HSL 287°, 34%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BF95CB#BF95CB
HEX#BF95CB
RGBrgb(191, 149, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.5843, 0.7961
RGB percentages74.9%, 58.4%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(286.7, 34.2%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.7, 26.6%, 79.6%)
CMYK5.9%, 26.6%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,555,723
CSS custom property--colour: #BF95CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.38:1
Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#406A34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8FA1CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A5C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Tritanopia#C09BA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 9.5Thistle · ΔE 21.7Light steelblue · ΔE 29.6Rosy brown · ΔE 29.8Pink · ΔE 30Light pink · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1CB95
Analogous#A495CB, #CB95BC
Triadic#CBBF95, #95CBBF
Split complementary#BCCB95, #95CBA4
Tetradic#CBA495, #A1CB95, #95BCCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFCFD
Lighter +20%#E8D9ED
Lighter +10%#D4B7DC
Darker −10%#AA73BA
Darker −20%#9552A8
Darker −30%#764186
Darker −40%#583163
More saturated +25%#CA81DF
Less saturated −25%#B4A9B7

Channel breakdown

R191
G149
B203
Red191 (74.9%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue286.67°
Saturation (HSL)34.18%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G 95 · B CB

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