Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#7615D9

  • #7615D9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7615D9 is a violet with RGB values 118, 21, 217 and HSL 270°, 82%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7615D9#7615D9
HEX#7615D9
RGBrgb(118, 21, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.0824, 0.851
RGB percentages46.3%, 8.2%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(269.7, 82.4%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.7, 90.3%, 85.1%)
CMYK45.6%, 90.3%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,738,841
CSS custom property--colour: #7615D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.29:1
Contrast with white7.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#89EA26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Tritanopia#5A5780no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.9Dark violet · ΔE 10.1Medium blue · ΔE 17.9Dark orchid · ΔE 20.7Blue · ΔE 30.6Dark blue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78D915
Analogous#1516D9, #D815D9
Triadic#D97615, #15D976
Split complementary#D9D815, #16D915
Tetradic#D91516, #78D915, #15D9D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDC1F9
Lighter +30%#C393F5
Lighter +20%#A964F0
Lighter +10%#9035EC
Darker −10%#5D10AB
Darker −20%#430C7C
Darker −30%#2A084D
Darker −40%#11031F
More saturated +25%#7600EE
Less saturated −25%#7633BB

Channel breakdown

R118
G21
B217
Red118 (46.3%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue269.69°
Saturation (HSL)82.35%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G 15 · B D9

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “7615d9” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.