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Recognised as Colour

#752DDD

  • #752DDD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#752DDD is a violet with RGB values 117, 45, 221 and HSL 265°, 72%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#752DDD#752DDD
HEX#752DDD
RGBrgb(117, 45, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.1765, 0.8667
RGB percentages45.9%, 17.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(264.5, 72.1%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.5, 79.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK47.1%, 79.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,679,453
CSS custom property--colour: #752DDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.61:1
Contrast with white6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#8AD222

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#005ADAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#566086no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5.8Dark violet · ΔE 12.8Dark orchid · ΔE 17Medium blue · ΔE 20.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.5Dark blue · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95DD2D
Analogous#2D3DDD, #CD2DDD
Triadic#DD752D, #2DDD75
Split complementary#DDCD2D, #3DDD2D
Tetradic#DD2D3D, #95DD2D, #2DDDCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8DDF9
Lighter +30%#CCB1F2
Lighter +20%#AF85EB
Lighter +10%#9259E4
Darker −10%#5D1EB9
Darker −20%#47178D
Darker −30%#311061
Darker −40%#1B0935
More saturated +25%#6F0FFC
Less saturated −25%#7B4CBF

Channel breakdown

R117
G45
B221
Red117 (45.9%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue264.55°
Saturation (HSL)72.13%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G 2D · B DD

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