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Recognised as Colour

#7300CA

  • #7300CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7300CA is a violet with RGB values 115, 0, 202 and HSL 274°, 100%, 40%. 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

#7300CA#7300CA
HEX#7300CA
RGBrgb(115, 0, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0, 0.7922
RGB percentages45.1%, 0%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(274.2, 100%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.2, 100%, 79.2%)
CMYK43.1%, 100%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,536,842
CSS custom property--colour: #7300CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.13:1
Contrast with white8.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#8CFF35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FCFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#004EC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5D4D76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.5Dark violet · ΔE 9Dark orchid · ΔE 18.5Medium blue · ΔE 19.3Dark blue · ΔE 28.7Indigo · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#57CA00
Analogous#0E00CA, #CA00BC
Triadic#CA7300, #00CA73
Split complementary#BCCA00, #00CA0E
Tetradic#CA0E00, #57CA00, #00BCCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D297FF
Lighter +30%#BC64FF
Lighter +20%#A631FF
Lighter +10%#9000FD
Darker −10%#560097
Darker −20%#390064
Darker −30%#1C0031
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7300CA
Less saturated −25%#7019B1

Channel breakdown

R115
G0
B202
Red115 (45.1%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue274.16°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 00 · B CA

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