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Recognised as Colour

#7540EB

  • #7540EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7540EB is a violet with RGB values 117, 64, 235 and HSL 259°, 81%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7540EB#7540EB
HEX#7540EB
RGBrgb(117, 64, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.251, 0.9216
RGB percentages45.9%, 25.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(258.6, 81%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.6, 72.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK50.2%, 72.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,684,331
CSS custom property--colour: #7540EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.69:1
Contrast with white5.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#8ABF14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Tritanopia#4B6E92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.9Dark violet · ΔE 17.9Dark orchid · ΔE 18.4Medium blue · ΔE 23.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.8Dark blue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6EB40
Analogous#4061EB, #CA40EB
Triadic#EB7540, #40EB75
Split complementary#EBCB40, #60EB40
Tetradic#EB4061, #B6EB40, #40EBCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF9FE
Lighter +30%#D9CAFA
Lighter +20%#B89CF5
Lighter +10%#966EF0
Darker −10%#5618E0
Darker −20%#4413B2
Darker −30%#330E84
Darker −40%#210956
More saturated +25%#6D2CFF
Less saturated −25%#7F5AD1

Channel breakdown

R117
G64
B235
Red117 (45.9%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue258.6°
Saturation (HSL)81.04%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G 40 · B EB

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