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Recognised as Colour

#7444FF

  • #7444FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7444FF is a violet with RGB values 116, 68, 255 and HSL 255°, 100%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7444FF#7444FF
HEX#7444FF
RGBrgb(116, 68, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.2667, 1
RGB percentages45.5%, 26.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(255.4, 100%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.4, 73.3%, 100%)
CMYK54.5%, 73.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,619,839
CSS custom property--colour: #7444FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15067WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.23:1
Contrast with white5.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#8BBB00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#35789Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.7Dark violet · ΔE 20.4Medium blue · ΔE 21.9Dark orchid · ΔE 25.4Blue · ΔE 30.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFFF44
Analogous#4472FF, #D144FF
Triadic#FF7444, #44FF74
Split complementary#FFD144, #72FF44
Tetradic#FF4472, #CFFF44, #44FFD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6DDFF
Lighter +20%#C0AAFF
Lighter +10%#9A77FF
Darker −10%#4E11FF
Darker −20%#3900DD
Darker −30%#2C00AA
Darker −40%#1F0077
More saturated +25%#7444FF
Less saturated −25%#7F5BE8

Channel breakdown

R116
G68
B255
Red116 (45.5%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue255.4°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 44 · B FF

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