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Recognised as Colour

#7305BD

  • #7305BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#7305BD is a violet with RGB values 115, 5, 189 and HSL 276°, 95%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#7305BD#7305BD
HEX#7305BD
RGBrgb(115, 5, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.0196, 0.7412
RGB percentages45.1%, 2%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(275.9, 94.8%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.9, 97.4%, 74.1%)
CMYK39.2%, 97.4%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,538,109
CSS custom property--colour: #7305BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.45:1
Contrast with white8.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#8CFA42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#004CBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Tritanopia#63476Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 11.1Blue violet · ΔE 11.3Dark orchid · ΔE 14Medium blue · ΔE 23.9Dark blue · ΔE 24.9Indigo · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 11.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4FBD05
Analogous#1705BD, #BD05AB
Triadic#BD7305, #05BD73
Split complementary#ABBD05, #05BD17
Tetradic#BD1705, #4FBD05, #05ABBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D192FC
Lighter +30%#BD60FB
Lighter +20%#A82FF9
Lighter +10%#9106EF
Darker −10%#55048B
Darker −20%#37025A
Darker −30%#180128
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7400C2
Less saturated −25%#6E1DA5

Channel breakdown

R115
G5
B189
Red115 (45.1%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue275.87°
Saturation (HSL)94.85%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 05 · B BD

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