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Recognised as Colour

#722CEA

  • #722CEA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#722CEA is a violet with RGB values 114, 44, 234 and HSL 262°, 82%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#722CEA#722CEA
HEX#722CEA
RGBrgb(114, 44, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.1725, 0.9176
RGB percentages44.7%, 17.3%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(262.1, 81.9%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 81.2%, 91.8%)
CMYK51.3%, 81.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,482,602
CSS custom property--colour: #722CEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.43:1
Contrast with white6.43:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#8DD315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#005AE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#47668Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.5Dark violet · ΔE 14.8Medium blue · ΔE 17.5Dark orchid · ΔE 23.2Blue · ΔE 28.4Dark blue · ΔE 34.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4EA2C
Analogous#2C45EA, #D12CEA
Triadic#EA722C, #2CEA72
Split complementary#EAD12C, #45EA2C
Tetradic#EA2C45, #A4EA2C, #2CEAD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEE6FC
Lighter +30%#CFB7F8
Lighter +20%#B089F3
Lighter +10%#915AEF
Darker −10%#5915CE
Darker −20%#4510A0
Darker −30%#310B72
Darker −40%#1D0743
More saturated +25%#6C17FF
Less saturated −25%#7A49CD

Channel breakdown

R114
G44
B234
Red114 (44.7%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue262.11°
Saturation (HSL)81.9%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 2C · B EA

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