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Recognised as Colour

#7440DC

  • #7440DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7440DC is a violet with RGB values 116, 64, 220 and HSL 260°, 69%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7440DC#7440DC
HEX#7440DC
RGBrgb(116, 64, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.251, 0.8627
RGB percentages45.5%, 25.1%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(260, 69%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 70.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK47.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,618,780
CSS custom property--colour: #7440DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.98:1
Contrast with white5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#8BBF23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#53688Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.8Dark orchid · ΔE 14.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.4Dark violet · ΔE 20.1Slate blue · ΔE 24.9Medium orchid · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8DC40
Analogous#405ADC, #C240DC
Triadic#DC7440, #40DC74
Split complementary#DCC240, #5ADC40
Tetradic#DC405A, #A8DC40, #40DCC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1ECFC
Lighter +30%#D2C1F4
Lighter +20%#B396EC
Lighter +10%#936BE4
Darker −10%#5A24C5
Darker −20%#461C9A
Darker −30%#32146F
Darker −40%#1F0C44
More saturated +25%#6B24F8
Less saturated −25%#7D5CC0

Channel breakdown

R116
G64
B220
Red116 (45.5%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)69.03%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 40 · B DC

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