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Recognised as Colour

#7404DF

  • #7404DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7404DF is a violet with RGB values 116, 4, 223 and HSL 271°, 96%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7404DF#7404DF
HEX#7404DF
RGBrgb(116, 4, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.0157, 0.8745
RGB percentages45.5%, 1.6%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(270.7, 96.5%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.7, 98.2%, 87.5%)
CMYK48%, 98.2%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,603,423
CSS custom property--colour: #7404DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09128WCAG 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 7.43:1
Contrast with white7.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#8BFB20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#535783no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.4Dark violet · ΔE 13.1Medium blue · ΔE 16.2Blue · ΔE 25.6Dark orchid · ΔE 25.9Dark blue · ΔE 35.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FDF04
Analogous#0704DF, #DF04DC
Triadic#DF7404, #04DF74
Split complementary#DDDF04, #04DF06
Tetradic#DF0604, #6FDF04, #04DCDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8B1FE
Lighter +30%#BF7FFD
Lighter +20%#A64DFC
Lighter +10%#8E1BFB
Darker −10%#5A03AD
Darker −20%#40027B
Darker −30%#260149
Darker −40%#0C0017
More saturated +25%#7400E3
Less saturated −25%#7320C3

Channel breakdown

R116
G4
B223
Red116 (45.5%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue270.68°
Saturation (HSL)96.48%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 04 · B DF

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