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Recognised as Colour

#7203BE

  • #7203BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#7203BE is a violet with RGB values 114, 3, 190 and HSL 276°, 97%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#7203BE#7203BE
HEX#7203BE
RGBrgb(114, 3, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0118, 0.7451
RGB percentages44.7%, 1.2%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(275.6, 96.9%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.6, 98.4%, 74.5%)
CMYK40%, 98.4%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,472,062
CSS custom property--colour: #7203BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0736WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.49:1
Contrast with white8.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#8DFC41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#004CBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Tritanopia#61476Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.8Blue violet · ΔE 11Dark orchid · ΔE 14.7Medium blue · ΔE 23.1Dark blue · ΔE 25.1Indigo · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4FBE03
Analogous#1503BE, #BE03AD
Triadic#BE7203, #03BE72
Split complementary#ADBE03, #03BE15
Tetradic#BE1503, #4FBE03, #03ADBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D190FD
Lighter +30%#BC5EFC
Lighter +20%#A72BFC
Lighter +10%#9004F0
Darker −10%#54028C
Darker −20%#36015A
Darker −30%#180127
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7300C1
Less saturated −25%#6D1BA6

Channel breakdown

R114
G3
B190
Red114 (44.7%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue275.61°
Saturation (HSL)96.89%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 03 · B BE

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