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Recognised as Colour

#771BDE

  • #771BDE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#771BDE is a violet with RGB values 119, 27, 222 and HSL 268°, 78%, 49%. 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

#771BDE#771BDE
HEX#771BDE
RGBrgb(119, 27, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.1059, 0.8706
RGB percentages46.7%, 10.6%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(268.3, 78.3%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.3, 87.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK46.4%, 87.8%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,805,918
CSS custom property--colour: #771BDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.01:1
Contrast with white7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#88E421

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#595B84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.8Dark violet · ΔE 10.8Medium blue · ΔE 17.9Dark orchid · ΔE 21.3Blue · ΔE 29.7Dark blue · ΔE 33
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#82DE1B
Analogous#1B20DE, #D91BDE
Triadic#DE771B, #1BDE77
Split complementary#DED91B, #20DE1B
Tetradic#DE1B20, #82DE1B, #1BDED9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1CCF9
Lighter +30%#C79FF3
Lighter +20%#AC71EE
Lighter +10%#9144E8
Darker −10%#5F15B1
Darker −20%#461083
Darker −30%#2E0A56
Darker −40%#160528
More saturated +25%#7500F9
Less saturated −25%#793ABF

Channel breakdown

R119
G27
B222
Red119 (46.7%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue268.31°
Saturation (HSL)78.31%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 1B · B DE

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