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Recognised as Colour

#7400DF

  • #7400DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7400DF is a violet with RGB values 116, 0, 223 and HSL 271°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7400DF#7400DF
HEX#7400DF
RGBrgb(116, 0, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0, 0.8745
RGB percentages45.5%, 0%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(271.2, 100%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.2, 100%, 87.5%)
CMYK48%, 100%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,602,399
CSS custom property--colour: #7400DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09041WCAG 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 7.48:1
Contrast with white7.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#8BFF20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#535782no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.9Dark violet · ΔE 13.4Medium blue · ΔE 16.2Blue · ΔE 25.2Dark orchid · ΔE 26.4Dark blue · ΔE 36
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BDF00
Analogous#0500DF, #DF00DA
Triadic#DF7400, #00DF74
Split complementary#DBDF00, #00DF05
Tetradic#DF0500, #6BDF00, #00DADF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7ACFF
Lighter +30%#BF79FF
Lighter +20%#A646FF
Lighter +10%#8E13FF
Darker −10%#5900AC
Darker −20%#3F0079
Darker −30%#240046
Darker −40%#0A0013
More saturated +25%#7400DF
Less saturated −25%#731CC3

Channel breakdown

R116
G0
B223
Red116 (45.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue271.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 00 · B DF

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