Recognised as Colour

#733BF7

#733BF7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#733BF7 is a violet with RGB values 115, 59, 247 and HSL 258°, 92%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#733BF7

RGBrgb(115, 59, 247)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.2314, 0.9686

RGB percentages45.1%, 23.1%, 96.9%

HSLhsl(257.9, 92.2%, 60%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.9, 76.1%, 96.9%)

CMYK53.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,551,991

CSS custom property--colour: #733BF7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.68:1

Contrast with white5.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#8CC408

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006BFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0062F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Tritanopia#3C7198no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.7:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.7 Dark violet · ΔE 18.2 Medium blue · ΔE 19.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.5 Blue · ΔE 29.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BFF73B

Analogous#3B61F7, #D13BF7

Triadic#F7733B, #3BF773

Split complementary#F7D13B, #61F73B

Tetradic#F73B61, #BFF73B, #3BF7D1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DCCEFD

Lighter +20%#B99DFB

Lighter +10%#966CF9

Darker −10%#500AF5

Darker −20%#4008C4

Darker −30%#300693

Darker −40%#200462

More saturated +25%#7033FF

Less saturated −25%#7D55DE

Channel breakdown

R115

G59

B247

Red115 (45.1%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue247 (96.9%)

Hue257.87°

Saturation (HSL)92.16%

Lightness60%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 73 · G 3B · B F7

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