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Recognised as Colour

#7408C8

  • #7408C8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7408C8 is a violet with RGB values 116, 8, 200 and HSL 274°, 92%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7408C8#7408C8
HEX#7408C8
RGBrgb(116, 8, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.0314, 0.7843
RGB percentages45.5%, 3.1%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(273.8, 92.3%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.8, 96%, 78.4%)
CMYK42%, 96%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,604,424
CSS custom property--colour: #7408C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.04:1
Contrast with white8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#8BF737

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#004FC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Tritanopia#604D75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.2Dark violet · ΔE 9.1Dark orchid · ΔE 16.6Medium blue · ΔE 20.6Dark blue · ΔE 27.6Indigo · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5CC808
Analogous#1408C8, #C808BC
Triadic#C87408, #08C874
Split complementary#BCC808, #08C814
Tetradic#C81408, #5CC808, #08BCC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4A1FB
Lighter +30%#BD70F9
Lighter +20%#A73FF7
Lighter +10%#900EF5
Darker −10%#580697
Darker −20%#3B0466
Darker −30%#1F0235
Darker −40%#020004
More saturated +25%#7500D0
Less saturated −25%#7122AE

Channel breakdown

R116
G8
B200
Red116 (45.5%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue273.75°
Saturation (HSL)92.31%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 08 · B C8

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