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Recognised as Colour

#BFADF4

  • #BFADF4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BFADF4 is a violet with RGB values 191, 173, 244 and HSL 255°, 76%, 82%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BFADF4#BFADF4
HEX#BFADF4
RGBrgb(191, 173, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.6784, 0.9569
RGB percentages74.9%, 67.8%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(255.2, 76.3%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.2, 29.1%, 95.7%)
CMYK21.7%, 29.1%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,561,908
CSS custom property--colour: #BFADF4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.5:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#40520B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CB8F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FB6F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B5B8C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.6Thistle · ΔE 25.6Light steelblue · ΔE 28.6Medium purple · ΔE 30.5Light skyblue · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2F4AD
Analogous#ADBFF4, #E3ADF4
Triadic#F4BFAD, #ADF4BF
Split complementary#F4E3AD, #BFF4AD
Tetradic#F4ADBF, #E2F4AD, #ADF4E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2DAFA
Darker −10%#9C80EE
Darker −20%#7953E8
Darker −30%#5626E2
Darker −40%#4219BC
More saturated +25%#BAA2FF
Less saturated −25%#C5B9E8

Channel breakdown

R191
G173
B244
Red191 (74.9%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue255.21°
Saturation (HSL)76.34%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G AD · B F4

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