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Recognised as Colour

#7200DC

  • #7200DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7200DC is a violet with RGB values 114, 0, 220 and HSL 271°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7200DC#7200DC
HEX#7200DC
RGBrgb(114, 0, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0, 0.8627
RGB percentages44.7%, 0%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(271.1, 100%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.1, 100%, 86.3%)
CMYK48.2%, 100%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,471,324
CSS custom property--colour: #7200DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.64:1
Contrast with white7.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#8DFF23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0055E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Deuteranopia#0050D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#515681no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.3Dark violet · ΔE 12.9Medium blue · ΔE 15.8Dark orchid · ΔE 25.6Blue · ΔE 26Dark blue · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6ADC00
Analogous#0400DC, #DC00D8
Triadic#DC7200, #00DC72
Split complementary#D8DC00, #00DC04
Tetradic#DC0400, #6ADC00, #00D8DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6A9FF
Lighter +30%#BD76FF
Lighter +20%#A443FF
Lighter +10%#8C10FF
Darker −10%#5800A9
Darker −20%#3D0076
Darker −30%#230043
Darker −40%#080010
More saturated +25%#7200DC
Less saturated −25%#711CC1

Channel breakdown

R114
G0
B220
Red114 (44.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue271.09°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 00 · B DC

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