Colour

#7200DA

#7200DA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7200DA is a violet with RGB values 114, 0, 218 and HSL 271°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#7200DA

RGBrgb(114, 0, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0, 0.8549

RGB percentages44.7%, 0%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(271.4, 100%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.4, 100%, 85.5%)

CMYK47.7%, 100%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,471,322

CSS custom property--colour: #7200DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08639WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.7:1

Contrast with white7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#8DFF25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0054DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0050D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Tritanopia#53557Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.7 Dark violet · ΔE 12.2 Medium blue · ΔE 15.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.8 Blue · ΔE 26.8 Dark blue · ΔE 34.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#68DA00

Analogous#0500DA, #DA00D5

Triadic#DA7200, #00DA72

Split complementary#D5DA00, #00DA05

Tetradic#DA0500, #68DA00, #00D5DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D5A7FF

Lighter +30%#BD74FF

Lighter +20%#A441FF

Lighter +10%#8C0EFF

Darker −10%#5700A7

Darker −20%#3D0074

Darker −30%#220041

Darker −40%#07000E

More saturated +25%#7200DA

Less saturated −25%#711BBF

Channel breakdown

R114

B218

Red114 (44.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue271.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 72 · G 00 · B DA

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