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Recognised as Colour

#701EC9

  • #701EC9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#701EC9 is a violet with RGB values 112, 30, 201 and HSL 269°, 74%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#701EC9#701EC9
HEX#701EC9
RGBrgb(112, 30, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.1176, 0.7882
RGB percentages43.9%, 11.8%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(268.8, 74%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.8, 85.1%, 78.8%)
CMYK44.3%, 85.1%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,347,913
CSS custom property--colour: #701EC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.73:1
Contrast with white7.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#8FE136

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0053CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Tritanopia#585378no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.1Dark violet · ΔE 12.4Dark orchid · ΔE 14.4Medium blue · ΔE 22.2Dark blue · ΔE 25.2Indigo · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77C91E
Analogous#1E21C9, #C61EC9
Triadic#C9701E, #1EC970
Split complementary#C9C61E, #21C91E
Tetradic#C91E21, #77C91E, #1EC9C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8BEF5
Lighter +30%#BE91EF
Lighter +20%#A465E8
Lighter +10%#8A39E1
Darker −10%#57179D
Darker −20%#3F1170
Darker −30%#260A44
Darker −40%#0D0417
More saturated +25%#6F01E6
Less saturated −25%#713BAC

Channel breakdown

R112
G30
B201
Red112 (43.9%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue268.77°
Saturation (HSL)74.03%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 1E · B C9

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