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Recognised as Colour

#703CD8

  • #703CD8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#703CD8 is a violet with RGB values 112, 60, 216 and HSL 260°, 67%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#703CD8#703CD8
HEX#703CD8
RGBrgb(112, 60, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.2353, 0.8471
RGB percentages43.9%, 23.5%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(260, 66.7%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 72.2%, 84.7%)
CMYK48.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,355,608
CSS custom property--colour: #703CD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11634WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.31:1
Contrast with white6.31:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#8FC327

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#005DD5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#4F6587no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.6Dark orchid · ΔE 14.6Dark violet · ΔE 19.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.4Slate blue · ΔE 25.4Dark blue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4D83C
Analogous#3C56D8, #BE3CD8
Triadic#D8703C, #3CD870
Split complementary#D8BE3C, #56D83C
Tetradic#D83C56, #A4D83C, #3CD8BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE6FA
Lighter +30%#CEBCF2
Lighter +20%#AE91E9
Lighter +10%#8F67E1
Darker −10%#5726BB
Darker −20%#441D91
Darker −30%#301567
Darker −40%#1C0C3C
More saturated +25%#661FF5
Less saturated −25%#7A59BB

Channel breakdown

R112
G60
B216
Red112 (43.9%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 3C · B D8

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