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Recognised as Colour

#7800D8

  • #7800D8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7800D8 is a violet with RGB values 120, 0, 216 and HSL 273°, 100%, 42%. 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

#7800D8#7800D8
HEX#7800D8
RGBrgb(120, 0, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0, 0.8471
RGB percentages47.1%, 0%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(273.3, 100%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 100%, 84.7%)
CMYK44.4%, 100%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,864,536
CSS custom property--colour: #7800D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08951WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.53:1
Contrast with white7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#87FF27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5E537Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.1Dark violet · ΔE 10Medium blue · ΔE 17.8Dark orchid · ΔE 22.7Blue · ΔE 29Dark blue · ΔE 33.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#60D800
Analogous#0C00D8, #D800CC
Triadic#D87800, #00D878
Split complementary#CCD800, #00D80C
Tetradic#D80C00, #60D800, #00CCD8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7A5FF
Lighter +30%#C072FF
Lighter +20%#AA3FFF
Lighter +10%#930CFF
Darker −10%#5C00A5
Darker −20%#3F0072
Darker −30%#23003F
Darker −40%#07000C
More saturated +25%#7800D8
Less saturated −25%#751BBD

Channel breakdown

R120
G0
B216
Red120 (47.1%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue273.33°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 00 · B D8

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