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Recognised as Colour

#7208C8

  • #7208C8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7208C8 is a violet with RGB values 114, 8, 200 and HSL 273°, 92%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7208C8#7208C8
HEX#7208C8
RGBrgb(114, 8, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0314, 0.7843
RGB percentages44.7%, 3.1%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(273.1, 92.3%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.1, 96%, 78.4%)
CMYK43%, 96%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,473,352
CSS custom property--colour: #7208C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.13:1
Contrast with white8.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#8DF737

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#004EC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#5C4D75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.5Dark violet · ΔE 9.5Dark orchid · ΔE 17.1Medium blue · ΔE 20.1Dark blue · ΔE 27.4Indigo · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5EC808
Analogous#1208C8, #C808BE
Triadic#C87208, #08C872
Split complementary#BEC808, #08C812
Tetradic#C81208, #5EC808, #08BEC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3A1FB
Lighter +30%#BC70F9
Lighter +20%#A53FF7
Lighter +10%#8E0EF5
Darker −10%#560697
Darker −20%#3A0466
Darker −30%#1E0235
Darker −40%#020004
More saturated +25%#7300D0
Less saturated −25%#6F22AE

Channel breakdown

R114
G8
B200
Red114 (44.7%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue273.13°
Saturation (HSL)92.31%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 08 · B C8

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