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Recognised as Colour

#7540EE

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

#7540EE is a violet with RGB values 117, 64, 238 and HSL 258°, 84%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7540EE#7540EE
HEX#7540EE
RGBrgb(117, 64, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.251, 0.9333
RGB percentages45.9%, 25.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(258.3, 83.7%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.3, 73.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK50.8%, 73.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,684,334
CSS custom property--colour: #7540EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13622WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.64:1
Contrast with white5.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#8ABF11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#496F94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.7Dark violet · ΔE 17.8Dark orchid · ΔE 19.5Medium blue · ΔE 23.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 26Dark blue · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9EE40
Analogous#4062EE, #CC40EE
Triadic#EE7540, #40EE75
Split complementary#EECC40, #62EE40
Tetradic#EE4062, #B9EE40, #40EECC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFBFF
Lighter +30%#DBCCFB
Lighter +20%#B99EF6
Lighter +10%#976FF2
Darker −10%#5415E6
Darker −20%#4310B8
Darker −30%#320C89
Darker −40%#21085A
More saturated +25%#6E2FFF
Less saturated −25%#7F5AD4

Channel breakdown

R117
G64
B238
Red117 (45.9%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue258.28°
Saturation (HSL)83.65%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G 40 · B EE

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