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Recognised as Colour

#7720C6

  • #7720C6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7720C6 is a violet with RGB values 119, 32, 198 and HSL 271°, 72%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7720C6#7720C6
HEX#7720C6
RGBrgb(119, 32, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.1255, 0.7765
RGB percentages46.7%, 12.5%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(271.4, 72.2%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.4, 83.8%, 77.6%)
CMYK39.9%, 83.8%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,807,174
CSS custom property--colour: #7720C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.48:1
Contrast with white7.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#88DF39

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Tritanopia#655176no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.1Dark orchid · ΔE 11.4Dark violet · ΔE 12.5Indigo · ΔE 25.4Medium blue · ΔE 25.4Dark blue · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FC620
Analogous#2420C6, #C620C2
Triadic#C67720, #20C677
Split complementary#C2C620, #20C624
Tetradic#C62420, #6FC620, #20C2C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DABEF4
Lighter +30%#C292ED
Lighter +20%#A966E6
Lighter +10%#903ADF
Darker −10%#5D199A
Darker −20%#42126E
Darker −30%#280B42
Darker −40%#0D0416
More saturated +25%#7803E3
Less saturated −25%#763DA9

Channel breakdown

R119
G32
B198
Red119 (46.7%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue271.45°
Saturation (HSL)72.17%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 20 · B C6

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