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Recognised as Colour

#7055BD

  • #7055BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#7055BD is a violet with RGB values 112, 85, 189 and HSL 256°, 44%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#7055BD#7055BD
HEX#7055BD
RGBrgb(112, 85, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.3333, 0.7412
RGB percentages43.9%, 33.3%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(255.6, 44.1%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.6, 55%, 74.1%)
CMYK40.7%, 55%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,361,981
CSS custom property--colour: #7055BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.64:1
Contrast with white5.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#8FAA42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2269C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#2865BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5B6B81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 6.8Medium purple · ΔE 11.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.4Royal blue · ΔE 17.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 6.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2BD55
Analogous#556EBD, #A455BD
Triadic#BD7055, #55BD70
Split complementary#BDA455, #6EBD55
Tetradic#BD556E, #A2BD55, #55BDA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE8F6
Lighter +30%#CDC3E8
Lighter +20%#AE9EDA
Lighter +10%#8F7ACB
Darker −10%#583EA1
Darker −20%#44307C
Darker −30%#302257
Darker −40%#1C1432
More saturated +25%#6237DB
Less saturated −25%#7E72A0

Channel breakdown

R112
G85
B189
Red112 (43.9%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue255.58°
Saturation (HSL)44.07%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 55 · B BD

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