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Recognised as Colour

#7218DD

  • #7218DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7218DD is a violet with RGB values 114, 24, 221 and HSL 267°, 80%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7218DD#7218DD
HEX#7218DD
RGBrgb(114, 24, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0941, 0.8667
RGB percentages44.7%, 9.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(267.4, 80.4%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.4, 89.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK48.4%, 89.1%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,477,469
CSS custom property--colour: #7218DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09451WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.27:1
Contrast with white7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#8DE722

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0053DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Tritanopia#515A83no 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 text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.2Dark violet · ΔE 12Medium blue · ΔE 16.5Dark orchid · ΔE 22.5Blue · ΔE 28.6Dark blue · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83DD18
Analogous#1821DD, #D418DD
Triadic#DD7218, #18DD72
Split complementary#DDD418, #21DD18
Tetradic#DD1821, #83DD18, #18DDD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEC8F9
Lighter +30%#C39AF4
Lighter +20%#A86CEF
Lighter +10%#8D3EEA
Darker −10%#5A13AF
Darker −20%#430E81
Darker −30%#2B0953
Darker −40%#130425
More saturated +25%#7000F5
Less saturated −25%#7537BE

Channel breakdown

R114
G24
B221
Red114 (44.7%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue267.41°
Saturation (HSL)80.41%
Lightness48.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 18 · B DD

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