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Recognised as Colour

#7407CC

  • #7407CC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7407CC is a violet with RGB values 116, 7, 204 and HSL 273°, 93%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7407CC#7407CC
HEX#7407CC
RGBrgb(116, 7, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.0275, 0.8
RGB percentages45.5%, 2.7%, 80%
HSLhsl(273.2, 93.4%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 96.6%, 80%)
CMYK43.1%, 96.6%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,604,172
CSS custom property--colour: #7407CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.94:1
Contrast with white7.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#8BF833

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Deuteranopia#004FC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Tritanopia#5E4F77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.8Dark violet · ΔE 8.9Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1Medium blue · ΔE 19.4Dark blue · ΔE 28.9Indigo · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5FCC07
Analogous#1107CC, #CC07C2
Triadic#CC7407, #07CC74
Split complementary#C2CC07, #07CC11
Tetradic#CC1107, #5FCC07, #07C2CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4A3FC
Lighter +30%#BD72FA
Lighter +20%#A641F8
Lighter +10%#8F0FF7
Darker −10%#58059B
Darker −20%#3C0469
Darker −30%#200238
Darker −40%#040007
More saturated +25%#7500D3
Less saturated −25%#7121B2

Channel breakdown

R116
G7
B204
Red116 (45.5%)
Green7 (2.7%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue273.2°
Saturation (HSL)93.36%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 07 · B CC

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