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Recognised as Colour

#703BED

  • #703BED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#703BED is a violet with RGB values 112, 59, 237 and HSL 258°, 83%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#703BED#703BED
HEX#703BED
RGBrgb(112, 59, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.2314, 0.9294
RGB percentages43.9%, 23.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(257.9, 83.2%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.9, 75.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK52.7%, 75.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,355,373
CSS custom property--colour: #703BED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.94:1
Contrast with white5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#8FC412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#3E6D92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.5Dark violet · ΔE 17.5Medium blue · ΔE 20.8Dark orchid · ΔE 21Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.4Dark blue · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8ED3B
Analogous#3B5FED, #C93BED
Triadic#ED703B, #3BED70
Split complementary#EDC93B, #5FED3B
Tetradic#ED3B5F, #B8ED3B, #3BEDC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F6FE
Lighter +30%#D6C7FA
Lighter +20%#B498F6
Lighter +10%#926AF1
Darker −10%#5115E0
Darker −20%#4010B2
Darker −30%#2F0C83
Darker −40%#1F0854
More saturated +25%#6929FF
Less saturated −25%#7B56D2

Channel breakdown

R112
G59
B237
Red112 (43.9%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue257.87°
Saturation (HSL)83.18%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 3B · B ED

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