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Recognised as Colour

#7501FA

  • #7501FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#7501FA is a violet with RGB values 117, 1, 250 and HSL 268°, 99%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#7501FA#7501FA
HEX#7501FA
RGBrgb(117, 1, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.0039, 0.9804
RGB percentages45.9%, 0.4%, 98%
HSLhsl(268, 99.2%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268, 99.6%, 98%)
CMYK53.2%, 99.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,668,218
CSS custom property--colour: #7501FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.69:1
Contrast with white6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#8AFE05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#416493no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 101.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 16Medium blue · ΔE 20Blue violet · ΔE 22.2Dark violet · ΔE 23.7Dark orchid · ΔE 37.4Fuchsia · ΔE 42.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 15.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86FA01
Analogous#010AFA, #F101FA
Triadic#FA7501, #01FA75
Split complementary#FAF201, #09FA01
Tetradic#FA010A, #86FA01, #01FAF1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2C8FF
Lighter +30%#C695FF
Lighter +20%#AB63FE
Lighter +10%#9030FE
Darker −10%#5D01C7
Darker −20%#450194
Darker −30%#2E0062
Darker −40%#16002F
More saturated +25%#7500FB
Less saturated −25%#7720DB

Channel breakdown

R117
G1
B250
Red117 (45.9%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue267.95°
Saturation (HSL)99.2%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G 01 · B FA

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