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Recognised as Colour

#7235DC

  • #7235DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7235DC is a violet with RGB values 114, 53, 220 and HSL 262°, 70%, 54%. 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

#7235DC#7235DC
HEX#7235DC
RGBrgb(114, 53, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.2078, 0.8627
RGB percentages44.7%, 20.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(261.9, 70.5%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.9, 75.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK48.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,484,892
CSS custom property--colour: #7235DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.45:1
Contrast with white6.45:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#8DCA23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#005BD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Tritanopia#506387no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.9Dark orchid · ΔE 15.7Dark violet · ΔE 15.8Medium blue · ΔE 23.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.4Dark blue · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FDC35
Analogous#354CDC, #C535DC
Triadic#DC7235, #35DC72
Split complementary#DCC535, #4CDC35
Tetradic#DC354C, #9FDC35, #35DCC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE3FA
Lighter +30%#CDB7F3
Lighter +20%#AF8CEB
Lighter +10%#9060E4
Darker −10%#5A21BD
Darker −20%#451992
Darker −30%#311266
Darker −40%#1C0A3B
More saturated +25%#6A17FA
Less saturated −25%#7A53BE

Channel breakdown

R114
G53
B220
Red114 (44.7%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue261.92°
Saturation (HSL)70.46%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 35 · B DC

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