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Colour

#7700EB

  • #7700EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7700EB is a violet with RGB values 119, 0, 235 and HSL 270°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7700EB#7700EB
HEX#7700EB
RGBrgb(119, 0, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0, 0.9216
RGB percentages46.7%, 0%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(270.4, 100%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.4, 100%, 92.2%)
CMYK49.4%, 100%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,799,019
CSS custom property--colour: #7700EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.04:1
Contrast with white7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#88FF14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Tritanopia#515C8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.8Dark violet · ΔE 17.2Medium blue · ΔE 17.4Blue · ΔE 21.2Dark orchid · ΔE 30.8Fuchsia · ΔE 40.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#74EB00
Analogous#0100EB, #EB00EA
Triadic#EB7700, #00EB77
Split complementary#EAEB00, #00EB01
Tetradic#EB0100, #74EB00, #00EAEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCB8FF
Lighter +30%#C385FF
Lighter +20%#AA52FF
Lighter +10%#901FFF
Darker −10%#5D00B8
Darker −20%#430085
Darker −30%#2A0052
Darker −40%#10001F
More saturated +25%#7700EB
Less saturated −25%#771DCE

Channel breakdown

R119
G0
B235
Red119 (46.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue270.38°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 00 · B EB

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