Colour

#7800D0

#7800D0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7800D0 is a violet with RGB values 120, 0, 208 and HSL 275°, 100%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#7800D0

RGBrgb(120, 0, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0, 0.8157

RGB percentages47.1%, 0%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(274.6, 100%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.6, 100%, 81.6%)

CMYK42.3%, 100%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,864,528

CSS custom property--colour: #7800D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.75:1

Contrast with white7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#87FF2F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0052D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0051CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Tritanopia#624F79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.8 Dark violet · ΔE 8.1 Medium blue · ΔE 19.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.6 Dark blue · ΔE 31.1 Blue · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.79, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#58D000

Analogous#1000D0, #D000C0

Triadic#D07800, #00D078

Split complementary#C0D000, #00D010

Tetradic#D01000, #58D000, #00C0D0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D69DFF

Lighter +30%#C06AFF

Lighter +20%#AA37FF

Lighter +10%#9504FF

Darker −10%#5B009D

Darker −20%#3D006A

Darker −30%#200037

Darker −40%#020004

More saturated +25%#7800D0

Less saturated −25%#741AB6

Channel breakdown

R120

B208

Red120 (47.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue274.62°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 78 · G 00 · B D0

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Colour values

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