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Recognised as Colour

#7439DD

  • #7439DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7439DD is a violet with RGB values 116, 57, 221 and HSL 262°, 71%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7439DD#7439DD
HEX#7439DD
RGBrgb(116, 57, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.2235, 0.8667
RGB percentages45.5%, 22.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(261.6, 70.7%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.6, 74.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK47.5%, 74.2%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,616,989
CSS custom property--colour: #7439DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.23:1
Contrast with white6.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#8BC622

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#005EDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Tritanopia#536589no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.9Dark orchid · ΔE 15Dark violet · ΔE 16.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.6Medium blue · ΔE 24.8Dark blue · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2DD39
Analogous#3950DD, #C639DD
Triadic#DD7439, #39DD74
Split complementary#DDC639, #50DD39
Tetradic#DD3950, #A2DD39, #39DDC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEE7FB
Lighter +30%#D0BCF3
Lighter +20%#B190EC
Lighter +10%#9365E4
Darker −10%#5B21C2
Darker −20%#471A96
Darker −30%#32126B
Darker −40%#1E0B3F
More saturated +25%#6C1CFA
Less saturated −25%#7C56C0

Channel breakdown

R116
G57
B221
Red116 (45.5%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue261.59°
Saturation (HSL)70.69%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 39 · B DD

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