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Recognised as Colour

#7739FD

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

#7739FD is a violet with RGB values 119, 57, 253 and HSL 259°, 98%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7739FD#7739FD
HEX#7739FD
RGBrgb(119, 57, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.2235, 0.9922
RGB percentages46.7%, 22.4%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(259, 98%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259, 77.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK53%, 77.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,813,629
CSS custom property--colour: #7739FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.54:1
Contrast with white5.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#88C602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Tritanopia#41729Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.79:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.3Dark violet · ΔE 18.8Medium blue · ΔE 19.8Blue · ΔE 26.3Dark orchid · ΔE 27Medium slateblue · ΔE 35.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFFD39
Analogous#395DFD, #D939FD
Triadic#FD7739, #39FD77
Split complementary#FDD939, #5DFD39
Tetradic#FD395D, #BFFD39, #39FDD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFD0FF
Lighter +20%#BC9EFE
Lighter +10%#9A6BFE
Darker −10%#5407FC
Darker −20%#4302CE
Darker −30%#32029B
Darker −40%#220169
More saturated +25%#7637FF
Less saturated −25%#8052E4

Channel breakdown

R119
G57
B253
Red119 (46.7%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue258.98°
Saturation (HSL)98%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 39 · B FD

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