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Recognised as Colour

#7300ED

  • #7300ED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#7300ED is a violet with RGB values 115, 0, 237 and HSL 269°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#7300ED#7300ED
HEX#7300ED
RGBrgb(115, 0, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0, 0.9294
RGB percentages45.1%, 0%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(269.1, 100%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.1, 100%, 92.9%)
CMYK51.5%, 100%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,536,877
CSS custom property--colour: #7300ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09759WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.11:1
Contrast with white7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#8CFF12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Tritanopia#475E8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 17Blue violet · ΔE 17.3Dark violet · ΔE 18.9Blue · ΔE 19.6Dark orchid · ΔE 32.4Dark blue · ΔE 41.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 16.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7AED00
Analogous#0003ED, #EA00ED
Triadic#ED7300, #00ED73
Split complementary#EDE900, #04ED00
Tetradic#ED0003, #7AED00, #00EDEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBBAFF
Lighter +30%#C187FF
Lighter +20%#A754FF
Lighter +10%#8D21FF
Darker −10%#5A00BA
Darker −20%#420087
Darker −30%#290054
Darker −40%#100021
More saturated +25%#7300ED
Less saturated −25%#741ECF

Channel breakdown

R115
G0
B237
Red115 (45.1%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue269.11°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 00 · B ED

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