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Colour

#7500CA

  • #7500CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7500CA is a violet with RGB values 117, 0, 202 and HSL 275°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7500CA#7500CA
HEX#7500CA
RGBrgb(117, 0, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0, 0.7922
RGB percentages45.9%, 0%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(274.8, 100%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.8, 100%, 79.2%)
CMYK42.1%, 100%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,667,914
CSS custom property--colour: #7500CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.05:1
Contrast with white8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#8AFF35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FCFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Deuteranopia#004FC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Tritanopia#604C76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.2Dark violet · ΔE 8.5Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1Medium blue · ΔE 19.8Dark blue · ΔE 29Indigo · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#55CA00
Analogous#1000CA, #CA00BA
Triadic#CA7500, #00CA75
Split complementary#BACA00, #00CA10
Tetradic#CA1000, #55CA00, #00BACA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D397FF
Lighter +30%#BE64FF
Lighter +20%#A831FF
Lighter +10%#9300FD
Darker −10%#570097
Darker −20%#3A0064
Darker −30%#1C0031
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7500CA
Less saturated −25%#7119B1

Channel breakdown

R117
G0
B202
Red117 (45.9%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue274.75°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G 00 · B CA

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