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Recognised as Colour

#723DCF

  • #723DCF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#723DCF is a violet with RGB values 114, 61, 207 and HSL 262°, 60%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#723DCF#723DCF
HEX#723DCF
RGBrgb(114, 61, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.2392, 0.8118
RGB percentages44.7%, 23.9%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(261.8, 60.3%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.8, 70.5%, 81.2%)
CMYK44.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,486,927
CSS custom property--colour: #723DCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.39:1
Contrast with white6.39:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#8DC230

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Tritanopia#576282no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 13.4Blue violet · ΔE 17.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.8Slate blue · ΔE 21Dark violet · ΔE 22.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 13.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9ACF3D
Analogous#3D51CF, #BB3DCF
Triadic#CF723D, #3DCF72
Split complementary#CFBB3D, #51CF3D
Tetradic#CF3D51, #9ACF3D, #3DCFBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E1F7
Lighter +30%#CBB8ED
Lighter +20%#AD8FE3
Lighter +10%#9066D9
Darker −10%#5B2BAE
Darker −20%#452185
Darker −30%#30175C
Darker −40%#1B0D33
More saturated +25%#6A1FED
Less saturated −25%#7A5BB1

Channel breakdown

R114
G61
B207
Red114 (44.7%)
Green61 (23.9%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue261.78°
Saturation (HSL)60.33%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 3D · B CF

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