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Recognised as Colour

#77208D

  • #77208D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#77208D is a violet with RGB values 119, 32, 141 and HSL 288°, 63%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#77208D#77208D
HEX#77208D
RGBrgb(119, 32, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.1255, 0.5529
RGB percentages46.7%, 12.5%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(287.9, 63%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.9, 77.3%, 55.3%)
CMYK15.6%, 77.3%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,807,117
CSS custom property--colour: #77208D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06878WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.84:1
Contrast with white8.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#88DF72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004590no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Deuteranopia#264D8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Tritanopia#773755no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 8.7Dark magenta · ΔE 10.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.9Indigo · ΔE 15.9Medium orchid · ΔE 23.8Dark orchid · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 8.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#368D20
Analogous#40208D, #8D206D
Triadic#8D7720, #208D77
Split complementary#6D8D20, #208D41
Tetradic#8D4120, #368D20, #206C8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D593E6
Lighter +30%#C669DD
Lighter +20%#B63FD4
Lighter +10%#9A29B7
Darker −10%#541763
Darker −20%#310D3A
Darker −30%#0E0410
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#840AA3
Less saturated −25%#6A3677

Channel breakdown

R119
G32
B141
Red119 (46.7%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue287.89°
Saturation (HSL)63.01%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 20 · B 8D

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