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Recognised as Colour

#7037FF

  • #7037FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7037FF is a violet with RGB values 112, 55, 255 and HSL 257°, 100%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7037FF#7037FF
HEX#7037FF
RGBrgb(112, 55, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.2157, 1
RGB percentages43.9%, 21.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(257.1, 100%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.1, 78.4%, 100%)
CMYK56.1%, 78.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,354,367
CSS custom property--colour: #7037FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.71:1
Contrast with white5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#8FC800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#29739Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.6Medium blue · ΔE 18.6Dark violet · ΔE 20.6Blue · ΔE 23.8Dark orchid · ΔE 29.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 37.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6FF37
Analogous#3762FF, #D437FF
Triadic#FF7037, #37FF70
Split complementary#FFD437, #62FF37
Tetradic#FF3762, #C6FF37, #37FFD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DDD0FF
Lighter +20%#B99DFF
Lighter +10%#946AFF
Darker −10%#4C04FF
Darker −20%#3B00D0
Darker −30%#2D009D
Darker −40%#1E006A
More saturated +25%#7037FF
Less saturated −25%#7B50E6

Channel breakdown

R112
G55
B255
Red112 (43.9%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue257.1°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 37 · B FF

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