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Recognised as Colour

#702AD8

  • #702AD8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#702AD8 is a violet with RGB values 112, 42, 216 and HSL 264°, 69%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#702AD8#702AD8
HEX#702AD8
RGBrgb(112, 42, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.1647, 0.8471
RGB percentages43.9%, 16.5%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(264.1, 69%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.1, 80.6%, 84.7%)
CMYK48.1%, 80.6%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,351,000
CSS custom property--colour: #702AD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.97:1
Contrast with white6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#8FD527

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#4F5D83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.1Dark violet · ΔE 13.4Dark orchid · ΔE 16.9Medium blue · ΔE 20.3Dark blue · ΔE 28.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#92D82A
Analogous#2A3BD8, #C72AD8
Triadic#D8702A, #2AD870
Split complementary#D8C72A, #3BD82A
Tetradic#D82A3B, #92D82A, #2AD8C7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4D6F8
Lighter +30%#C7ABF0
Lighter +20%#AA80E8
Lighter +10%#8D55E0
Darker −10%#5A20AF
Darker −20%#431884
Darker −30%#2D1059
Darker −40%#17082E
More saturated +25%#6A0AF8
Less saturated −25%#764AB9

Channel breakdown

R112
G42
B216
Red112 (43.9%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue264.14°
Saturation (HSL)69.05%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 2A · B D8

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