Recognised as Colour

#7209DA

#7209DA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7209DA is a violet with RGB values 114, 9, 218 and HSL 270°, 92%, 45%. 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#7209DA

RGBrgb(114, 9, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0353, 0.8549

RGB percentages44.7%, 3.5%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(270.1, 92.1%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.1, 95.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK47.7%, 95.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,473,626

CSS custom property--colour: #7209DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.59:1

Contrast with white7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#8DF625

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0055DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original

Deuteranopia#0051D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original

Tritanopia#535680no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.6 Dark violet · ΔE 11.8 Medium blue · ΔE 16.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 23.7 Blue · ΔE 27.7 Dark blue · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.63, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#71DA09

Analogous#0A09DA, #DA09D9

Triadic#DA7209, #09DA72

Split complementary#D9DA09, #09DA09

Tetradic#DA0909, #71DA09, #09D9DA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D8B3FC

Lighter +30%#BE82FA

Lighter +20%#A551F8

Lighter +10%#8C20F6

Darker −10%#5807A9

Darker −20%#3F0578

Darker −30%#250347

Darker −40%#0C0116

More saturated +25%#7200E3

Less saturated −25%#7225BE

Channel breakdown

R114

B218

Red114 (44.7%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue270.14°

Saturation (HSL)92.07%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 72 · G 09 · B DA

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