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Recognised as Colour

#BFAFEC

  • #BFAFEC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BFAFEC is a violet with RGB values 191, 175, 236 and HSL 256°, 62%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BFAFEC#BFAFEC
HEX#BFAFEC
RGBrgb(191, 175, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.6863, 0.9255
RGB percentages74.9%, 68.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(255.7, 61.6%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.7, 25.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK19.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,562,412
CSS custom property--colour: #BFAFEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.56:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#405013

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1B8EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B7EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B7B8C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16Thistle · ΔE 20.4Light steelblue · ΔE 23.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 26Lavender · ΔE 29.1Light skyblue · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCECAF
Analogous#AFBDEC, #DEAFEC
Triadic#ECBFAF, #AFECBF
Split complementary#ECDEAF, #BDECAF
Tetradic#ECAFBD, #DCECAF, #AFECDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E0D8F6
Darker −10%#9E86E2
Darker −20%#7D5DD8
Darker −30%#5C33CF
Darker −40%#4928A7
More saturated +25%#B9A3F8
Less saturated −25%#C5BBE0

Channel breakdown

R191
G175
B236
Red191 (74.9%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue255.74°
Saturation (HSL)61.62%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G AF · B EC

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