Colour

#7200DD

#7200DD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7200DD is a violet with RGB values 114, 0, 221 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

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HEX#7200DD

RGBrgb(114, 0, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0, 0.8667

RGB percentages44.7%, 0%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(271, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK48.4%, 100%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,471,325

CSS custom property--colour: #7200DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08798WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.61:1

Contrast with white7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#8DFF22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0055E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0051DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Tritanopia#515681no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.6 Dark violet · ΔE 13.2 Medium blue · ΔE 15.7 Blue · ΔE 25.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 26 Dark blue · ΔE 35.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6BDD00

Analogous#0300DD, #DD00DA

Triadic#DD7200, #00DD72

Split complementary#DADD00, #00DD03

Tetradic#DD0300, #6BDD00, #00DADD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6AAFF

Lighter +30%#BD77FF

Lighter +20%#A444FF

Lighter +10%#8C11FF

Darker −10%#5800AA

Darker −20%#3D0077

Darker −30%#230044

Darker −40%#090011

More saturated +25%#7200DD

Less saturated −25%#711CC1

Channel breakdown

R114

B221

Red114 (44.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue270.95°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 72 · G 00 · B DD

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