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Recognised as Colour

#7432DD

  • #7432DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7432DD is a violet with RGB values 116, 50, 221 and HSL 263°, 72%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7432DD#7432DD
HEX#7432DD
RGBrgb(116, 50, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.1961, 0.8667
RGB percentages45.5%, 19.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(263.2, 71.5%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.2, 77.4%, 86.7%)
CMYK47.5%, 77.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,615,197
CSS custom property--colour: #7432DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.48:1
Contrast with white6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#8BCD22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#005BDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Tritanopia#536287no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.2Dark violet · ΔE 14.3Dark orchid · ΔE 16.1Medium blue · ΔE 22.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.2Dark blue · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BDD32
Analogous#3246DD, #C932DD
Triadic#DD7432, #32DD74
Split complementary#DDCA32, #45DD32
Tetradic#DD3246, #9BDD32, #32DDC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE1FA
Lighter +30%#CDB5F3
Lighter +20%#AF89EC
Lighter +10%#925EE4
Darker −10%#5C1FBD
Darker −20%#471891
Darker −30%#311165
Darker −40%#1C0A39
More saturated +25%#6D14FB
Less saturated −25%#7B50BF

Channel breakdown

R116
G50
B221
Red116 (45.5%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue263.16°
Saturation (HSL)71.55%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 32 · B DD

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