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Recognised as Colour

#700CFF

  • #700CFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#700CFF is a violet with RGB values 112, 12, 255 and HSL 265°, 100%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#700CFF#700CFF
HEX#700CFF
RGBrgb(112, 12, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.0471, 1
RGB percentages43.9%, 4.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(264.7, 100%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.7, 95.3%, 100%)
CMYK56.1%, 95.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,343,359
CSS custom property--colour: #700CFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10928WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.59:1
Contrast with white6.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#8FF300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Tritanopia#2B6896no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 106.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 14.1Medium blue · ΔE 20.3Blue violet · ΔE 23.8Dark violet · ΔE 25.8Dark orchid · ΔE 39.1Fuchsia · ΔE 44.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 14.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BFF0C
Analogous#0C21FF, #EA0CFF
Triadic#FF700C, #0CFF70
Split complementary#FFEA0C, #21FF0C
Tetradic#FF0C21, #9BFF0C, #0CFFEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8D8FF
Lighter +30%#CAA5FF
Lighter +20%#AC72FF
Lighter +10%#8E3FFF
Darker −10%#5900D8
Darker −20%#4400A5
Darker −30%#2F0072
Darker −40%#1A003F
More saturated +25%#700CFF
Less saturated −25%#752AE1

Channel breakdown

R112
G12
B255
Red112 (43.9%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue264.69°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 0C · B FF

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