Recognised as Colour

#BF97FD

#BF97FD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#BF97FD is a violet with RGB values 191, 151, 253 and HSL 264°, 96%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#BF97FD#BF97FD

HEX#BF97FD

RGBrgb(191, 151, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.5922, 0.9922

RGB percentages74.9%, 59.2%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(263.5, 96.2%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.5, 40.3%, 99.2%)

CMYK24.5%, 40.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,556,285

CSS custom property--colour: #BF97FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40301WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.06:1

Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#406802

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7DAAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#85AAFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B4A8BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.5 Violet · ΔE 23 Plum · ΔE 23.8 Orchid · ΔE 24 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D5FD97

Analogous#97A2FD, #F297FD

Triadic#FDBF97, #97FDBF

Split complementary#FDF297, #A2FD97

Tetradic#FD97A2, #D5FD97, #97FDF2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFBFF

Lighter +10%#DEC9FE

Darker −10%#A065FC

Darker −20%#8133FB

Darker −30%#6305F6

Darker −40%#4F04C4

More saturated +25%#BF95FF

Less saturated −25%#C2A4F0

Channel breakdown

R191

G151

B253

Red191 (74.9%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue263.53°

Saturation (HSL)96.23%

Lightness79.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BF · G 97 · B FD

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