PurpleLightMuted

Violaceous

#BC87C7

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.83:1Fails

Black text

7.00:1AAA

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About Violaceous

Violaceous (#BC87C7) is a light muted purple. Its RGB value is 188, 135, 199 and its HSL value is 290°, 36%, 65%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 7.00:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Violaceous, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#BC87C7 · #92C787

Analogous

#9C87C7 · #BC87C7 · #C787B2

Triadic

#BC87C7 · #C7BC87 · #87C7BC

Split complementary

#BC87C7 · #B2C787 · #87C79C

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