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Colour

#740EDD

  • #740EDD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#740EDD is a violet with RGB values 116, 14, 221 and HSL 270°, 88%, 46%. 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

#740EDD#740EDD
HEX#740EDD
RGBrgb(116, 14, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.0549, 0.8667
RGB percentages45.5%, 5.5%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(269.6, 88.1%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.6, 93.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK47.5%, 93.7%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,605,981
CSS custom property--colour: #740EDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09248WCAG 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 7.37:1
Contrast with white7.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#8BF122

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0053DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Tritanopia#545882no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.4Dark violet · ΔE 11.9Medium blue · ΔE 16.5Dark orchid · ΔE 23.9Blue · ΔE 27.4Dark blue · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77DD0E
Analogous#0E0FDD, #DC0EDD
Triadic#DD740E, #0EDD74
Split complementary#DDDC0E, #0FDD0E
Tetradic#DD0E0F, #77DD0E, #0EDDDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBBCFB
Lighter +30%#C18CF8
Lighter +20%#A75CF5
Lighter +10%#8E2CF2
Darker −10%#5B0BAD
Darker −20%#42087D
Darker −30%#28054D
Darker −40%#0F021D
More saturated +25%#7400EB
Less saturated −25%#742BC0

Channel breakdown

R116
G14
B221
Red116 (45.5%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue269.57°
Saturation (HSL)88.09%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 0E · B DD

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