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Recognised as Colour

#772AFC

  • #772AFC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#772AFC is a violet with RGB values 119, 42, 252 and HSL 262°, 97%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#772AFC#772AFC
HEX#772AFC
RGBrgb(119, 42, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.1647, 0.9882
RGB percentages46.7%, 16.5%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(262, 97.2%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262, 83.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK52.8%, 83.3%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,809,788
CSS custom property--colour: #772AFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12606WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.96:1
Contrast with white5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#88D503

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Tritanopia#436C98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.4Medium blue · ΔE 18.6Dark violet · ΔE 19.5Blue · ΔE 21.4Dark orchid · ΔE 30.8Dark blue · ΔE 41.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFFC2A
Analogous#2A46FC, #E02AFC
Triadic#FC772A, #2AFC77
Split complementary#FCE02A, #46FC2A
Tetradic#FC2A46, #AFFC2A, #2AFCE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F3FF
Lighter +30%#D7C1FE
Lighter +20%#B78FFD
Lighter +10%#975CFD
Darker −10%#5A03F0
Darker −20%#4703BD
Darker −30%#34028B
Darker −40%#210159
More saturated +25%#7627FF
Less saturated −25%#7E45E1

Channel breakdown

R119
G42
B252
Red119 (46.7%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue262°
Saturation (HSL)97.22%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 2A · B FC

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