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Recognised as Colour

#7739F4

  • #7739F4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7739F4 is a violet with RGB values 119, 57, 244 and HSL 260°, 89%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7739F4#7739F4
HEX#7739F4
RGBrgb(119, 57, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.2235, 0.9569
RGB percentages46.7%, 22.4%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(259.9, 89.5%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.9, 76.6%, 95.7%)
CMYK51.2%, 76.6%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,813,620
CSS custom property--colour: #7739F4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1338WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.71:1
Contrast with white5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#88C60B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062F1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Tritanopia#496E96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.2Dark violet · ΔE 16.7Medium blue · ΔE 20.2Dark orchid · ΔE 23.1Blue · ΔE 30Medium slateblue · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6F439
Analogous#3958F4, #D539F4
Triadic#F47739, #39F477
Split complementary#F4D539, #58F439
Tetradic#F43958, #B6F439, #39F4D5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFAFF
Lighter +30%#DBCAFC
Lighter +20%#B99AF9
Lighter +10%#9869F7
Darker −10%#570DED
Darker −20%#460ABD
Darker −30%#34088C
Darker −40%#22055C
More saturated +25%#732EFF
Less saturated −25%#8053DA

Channel breakdown

R119
G57
B244
Red119 (46.7%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue259.89°
Saturation (HSL)89.47%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 39 · B F4

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