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Recognised as Colour

#7621DD

  • #7621DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7621DD is a violet with RGB values 118, 33, 221 and HSL 267°, 74%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7621DD#7621DD
HEX#7621DD
RGBrgb(118, 33, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.1294, 0.8667
RGB percentages46.3%, 12.9%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(267.1, 74%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.1, 85.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK46.6%, 85.1%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,741,917
CSS custom property--colour: #7621DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.93:1
Contrast with white6.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#89DE22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Tritanopia#585C84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5.7Dark violet · ΔE 11Medium blue · ΔE 18.5Dark orchid · ΔE 19.7Blue · ΔE 31.4Dark blue · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88DD21
Analogous#212ADD, #D421DD
Triadic#DD7621, #21DD76
Split complementary#DDD421, #2ADD21
Tetradic#DD212A, #88DD21, #21DDD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3D2F8
Lighter +30%#C8A5F2
Lighter +20%#AD79EB
Lighter +10%#914DE4
Darker −10%#5E1AB1
Darker −20%#471484
Darker −30%#2F0D58
Darker −40%#17062C
More saturated +25%#7301FD
Less saturated −25%#7941BD

Channel breakdown

R118
G33
B221
Red118 (46.3%)
Green33 (12.9%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue267.13°
Saturation (HSL)74.02%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G 21 · B DD

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