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Recognised as Colour

#7308D6

  • #7308D6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7308D6 is a violet with RGB values 115, 8, 214 and HSL 271°, 93%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7308D6#7308D6
HEX#7308D6
RGBrgb(115, 8, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.0314, 0.8392
RGB percentages45.1%, 3.1%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(271.2, 92.8%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.2, 96.3%, 83.9%)
CMYK46.3%, 96.3%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,538,902
CSS custom property--colour: #7308D6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.68:1
Contrast with white7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#8CF729

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Tritanopia#57547Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.6Dark violet · ΔE 10.5Medium blue · ΔE 16.9Dark orchid · ΔE 22Blue · ΔE 29.6Dark blue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BD608
Analogous#0C08D6, #D608D2
Triadic#D67308, #08D673
Split complementary#D2D608, #08D60C
Tetradic#D60C08, #6BD608, #08D2D6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7AEFC
Lighter +30%#BE7DFA
Lighter +20%#A54CF8
Lighter +10%#8D1BF6
Darker −10%#5906A5
Darker −20%#3E0474
Darker −30%#240243
Darker −40%#090111
More saturated +25%#7300DE
Less saturated −25%#7224BA

Channel breakdown

R115
G8
B214
Red115 (45.1%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue271.17°
Saturation (HSL)92.79%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 08 · B D6

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