Colour

#7401DA

#7401DA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7401DA is a violet with RGB values 116, 1, 218 and HSL 272°, 99%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#7401DA

RGBrgb(116, 1, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.0039, 0.8549

RGB percentages45.5%, 0.4%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(271.8, 99.1%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.8, 99.5%, 85.5%)

CMYK46.8%, 99.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,602,650

CSS custom property--colour: #7401DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08797WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.61:1

Contrast with white7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#8BFE25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0055DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0051D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Tritanopia#565580no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.2 Dark violet · ΔE 11.7 Medium blue · ΔE 16.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.3 Blue · ΔE 27.4 Dark blue · ΔE 34.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#67DA01

Analogous#0801DA, #DA01D3

Triadic#DA7401, #01DA74

Split complementary#D3DA01, #01DA08

Tetradic#DA0801, #67DA01, #01D3DA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6A8FF

Lighter +30%#BE76FE

Lighter +20%#A643FE

Lighter +10%#8E10FE

Darker −10%#5901A7

Darker −20%#3E0174

Darker −30%#230042

Darker −40%#08000F

More saturated +25%#7400DB

Less saturated −25%#721CBF

Channel breakdown

R116

B218

Red116 (45.5%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue271.8°

Saturation (HSL)99.09%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 74 · G 01 · B DA

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