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Recognised as Colour

#7016C7

  • #7016C7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7016C7 is a violet with RGB values 112, 22, 199 and HSL 271°, 80%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7016C7#7016C7
HEX#7016C7
RGBrgb(112, 22, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.0863, 0.7804
RGB percentages43.9%, 8.6%, 78%
HSLhsl(270.5, 80.1%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.5, 88.9%, 78%)
CMYK43.7%, 88.9%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,345,863
CSS custom property--colour: #7016C7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.99:1
Contrast with white7.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#8FE938

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#004FC4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Tritanopia#594F76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.9Dark violet · ΔE 11.3Dark orchid · ΔE 15.3Medium blue · ΔE 21.4Dark blue · ΔE 25.6Indigo · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6DC716
Analogous#1816C7, #C716C5
Triadic#C77016, #16C770
Split complementary#C5C716, #16C718
Tetradic#C71816, #6DC716, #16C5C7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5B2F7
Lighter +30%#BC85F1
Lighter +20%#A357EC
Lighter +10%#8A29E7
Darker −10%#561199
Darker −20%#3C0C6B
Darker −30%#22073D
Darker −40%#09020F
More saturated +25%#7000DD
Less saturated −25%#7032AB

Channel breakdown

R112
G22
B199
Red112 (43.9%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue270.51°
Saturation (HSL)80.09%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 16 · B C7

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