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Recognised as Colour

#720EC7

  • #720EC7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#720EC7 is a violet with RGB values 114, 14, 199 and HSL 272°, 87%, 42%. 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

#720EC7#720EC7
HEX#720EC7
RGBrgb(114, 14, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0549, 0.7804
RGB percentages44.7%, 5.5%, 78%
HSLhsl(272.4, 86.9%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.4, 93%, 78%)
CMYK42.7%, 93%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,474,887
CSS custom property--colour: #720EC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08015WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.07:1
Contrast with white8.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#8DF138

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#004EC4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Tritanopia#5D4D75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.6Dark violet · ΔE 10Dark orchid · ΔE 16Medium blue · ΔE 20.9Dark blue · ΔE 26.6Indigo · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#63C70E
Analogous#150EC7, #C70EC0
Triadic#C7720E, #0EC772
Split complementary#C0C70E, #0EC715
Tetradic#C7150E, #63C70E, #0EC0C7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4A8F9
Lighter +30%#BC78F6
Lighter +20%#A449F2
Lighter +10%#8D19EF
Darker −10%#570B97
Darker −20%#3B0768
Darker −30%#200438
Darker −40%#050108
More saturated +25%#7300D5
Less saturated −25%#7029AC

Channel breakdown

R114
G14
B199
Red114 (44.7%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue272.43°
Saturation (HSL)86.85%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 0E · B C7

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