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Recognised as Colour

#7204BD

  • #7204BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#7204BD is a violet with RGB values 114, 4, 189 and HSL 276°, 96%, 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

#7204BD#7204BD
HEX#7204BD
RGBrgb(114, 4, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0157, 0.7412
RGB percentages44.7%, 1.6%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(275.7, 95.9%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 97.9%, 74.1%)
CMYK39.7%, 97.9%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,472,317
CSS custom property--colour: #7204BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07338WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.51:1
Contrast with white8.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#8DFB42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#004CBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Tritanopia#61476Eno 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 text8.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 11.2Blue violet · ΔE 11.3Dark orchid · ΔE 14.4Medium blue · ΔE 23.5Dark blue · ΔE 24.8Indigo · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 11.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4FBD04
Analogous#1504BD, #BD04AC
Triadic#BD7204, #04BD72
Split complementary#ACBD04, #04BD16
Tetradic#BD1504, #4FBD04, #04ACBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D190FD
Lighter +30%#BC5EFC
Lighter +20%#A72CFB
Lighter +10%#9005EF
Darker −10%#54038B
Darker −20%#360259
Darker −30%#180127
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7300C1
Less saturated −25%#6D1CA5

Channel breakdown

R114
G4
B189
Red114 (44.7%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue275.68°
Saturation (HSL)95.85%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 04 · B BD

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