Recognised as Colour

#BF95EF

#BF95EF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#BF95EF is a violet with RGB values 191, 149, 239 and HSL 268°, 74%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#BF95EF#BF95EF

HEX#BF95EF

RGBrgb(191, 149, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.5843, 0.9373

RGB percentages74.9%, 58.4%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(268, 73.8%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268, 37.7%, 93.7%)

CMYK20.1%, 37.7%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,555,759

CSS custom property--colour: #BF95EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38803WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.76:1

Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#406A10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#81A6F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8AA7EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B8A3B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17.7 Plum · ΔE 18.1 Violet · ΔE 23.6 Orchid · ΔE 23.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.5 Slate blue · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C5EF95

Analogous#9598EF, #EC95EF

Triadic#EFBF95, #95EFBF

Split complementary#EFEC95, #98EF95

Tetradic#EF9598, #C5EF95, #95EFEC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5EEFC

Lighter +10%#DAC1F6

Darker −10%#A469E8

Darker −20%#893CE2

Darker −30%#701FCC

Darker −40%#5718A0

More saturated +25%#BE86FE

Less saturated −25%#C0A4E0

Channel breakdown

R191

G149

B239

Red191 (74.9%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue268°

Saturation (HSL)73.77%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BF · G 95 · B EF

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Colour values

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