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Recognised as Colour

#7204DF

  • #7204DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7204DF is a violet with RGB values 114, 4, 223 and HSL 270°, 96%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7204DF#7204DF
HEX#7204DF
RGBrgb(114, 4, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0157, 0.8745
RGB percentages44.7%, 1.6%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(270.1, 96.5%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.1, 98.2%, 87.5%)
CMYK48.9%, 98.2%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,472,351
CSS custom property--colour: #7204DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.5:1
Contrast with white7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#8DFB20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Tritanopia#505883no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.8Dark violet · ΔE 13.6Medium blue · ΔE 15.7Blue · ΔE 25.1Dark orchid · ΔE 26.3Dark blue · ΔE 35.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#71DF04
Analogous#0504DF, #DF04DE
Triadic#DF7204, #04DF72
Split complementary#DFDF04, #04DF05
Tetradic#DF0404, #71DF04, #04DEDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8B1FE
Lighter +30%#BE7FFD
Lighter +20%#A54DFC
Lighter +10%#8C1BFB
Darker −10%#5803AD
Darker −20%#3F027B
Darker −30%#250149
Darker −40%#0C0017
More saturated +25%#7200E3
Less saturated −25%#7220C3

Channel breakdown

R114
G4
B223
Red114 (44.7%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue270.14°
Saturation (HSL)96.48%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 04 · B DF

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