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Colour

#731ED6

  • #731ED6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#731ED6 is a violet with RGB values 115, 30, 214 and HSL 268°, 75%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#731ED6#731ED6
HEX#731ED6
RGBrgb(115, 30, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.1176, 0.8392
RGB percentages45.1%, 11.8%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(267.7, 75.4%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.7, 86%, 83.9%)
CMYK46.3%, 86%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,544,534
CSS custom property--colour: #731ED6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.28:1
Contrast with white7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#8CE129

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Tritanopia#565880no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6Dark violet · ΔE 10.8Dark orchid · ΔE 18.2Medium blue · ΔE 18.9Dark blue · ΔE 29.5Indigo · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81D61E
Analogous#1E25D6, #CF1ED6
Triadic#D6731E, #1ED673
Split complementary#D6CF1E, #25D61E
Tetradic#D61E25, #81D61E, #1ED6CF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEC9F7
Lighter +30%#C39CF1
Lighter +20%#A86FEB
Lighter +10%#8D42E5
Darker −10%#5B18A9
Darker −20%#43117D
Darker −30%#2B0B50
Darker −40%#130523
More saturated +25%#7100F4
Less saturated −25%#753DB8

Channel breakdown

R115
G30
B214
Red115 (45.1%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue267.72°
Saturation (HSL)75.41%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 1E · B D6

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