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Recognised as Colour

#C000BF

  • #C000BF
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#C000BF is a magenta with RGB values 192, 0, 191 and HSL 300°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#C000BF#C000BF
HEX#C000BF
RGBrgb(192, 0, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0, 0.749
RGB percentages75.3%, 0%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(300.3, 100%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300.3, 100%, 75.3%)
CMYK0%, 100%, 0.5%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,583,103
CSS custom property--colour: #C000BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.26:1
Contrast with white5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#3FFF40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D73BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C73570no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 18.3Medium orchid · ΔE 21.7Dark violet · ΔE 22.7Dark magenta · ΔE 23.3Fuchsia · ΔE 27Magenta · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 18.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#00C001
Analogous#6100C0, #C0005F
Triadic#BFC000, #00BFC0
Split complementary#5FC000, #00C061
Tetradic#C06100, #00C001, #005FC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FF8DFE
Lighter +30%#FF5AFE
Lighter +20%#FF27FE
Lighter +10%#F300F2
Darker −10%#8D008C
Darker −20%#5A005A
Darker −30%#270027
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C000BF
Less saturated −25%#A818A7

Channel breakdown

R192
G0
B191
Red192 (75.3%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue300.31°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C0 · G 00 · B BF

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