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Recognised as Colour

#7406D8

  • #7406D8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7406D8 is a violet with RGB values 116, 6, 216 and HSL 271°, 95%, 44%. 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

#7406D8#7406D8
HEX#7406D8
RGBrgb(116, 6, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.0235, 0.8471
RGB percentages45.5%, 2.4%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(271.4, 94.6%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.4, 97.2%, 84.7%)
CMYK46.3%, 97.2%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,603,928
CSS custom property--colour: #7406D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.8 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#2D2D2D
Inverted#8BF927

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Tritanopia#57547Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.3 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 9.1Dark violet · ΔE 10.8Medium blue · ΔE 16.8Dark orchid · ΔE 22.8Blue · ΔE 28.7Dark blue · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AD806
Analogous#0B06D8, #D806D3
Triadic#D87406, #06D874
Split complementary#D3D806, #06D80B
Tetradic#D80B06, #6AD806, #06D3D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7ADFD
Lighter +30%#BF7CFB
Lighter +20%#A64AFA
Lighter +10%#8E18F9
Darker −10%#5905A6
Darker −20%#3F0375
Darker −30%#240243
Darker −40%#090012
More saturated +25%#7400DE
Less saturated −25%#7322BC

Channel breakdown

R116
G6
B216
Red116 (45.5%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue271.43°
Saturation (HSL)94.59%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 06 · B D8

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