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Colour

#7800EC

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

#7800EC is a violet with RGB values 120, 0, 236 and HSL 271°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7800EC#7800EC
HEX#7800EC
RGBrgb(120, 0, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0, 0.9255
RGB percentages47.1%, 0%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(270.5, 100%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.5, 100%, 92.5%)
CMYK49.2%, 100%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,864,556
CSS custom property--colour: #7800EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.98:1
Contrast with white6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#87FF13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Tritanopia#535D8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.1Dark violet · ΔE 17.4Medium blue · ΔE 17.7Blue · ΔE 21.1Dark orchid · ΔE 31Fuchsia · ΔE 40
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#74EC00
Analogous#0200EC, #EC00EA
Triadic#EC7800, #00EC78
Split complementary#EAEC00, #00EC02
Tetradic#EC0200, #74EC00, #00EAEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDB9FF
Lighter +30%#C486FF
Lighter +20%#AA53FF
Lighter +10%#9120FF
Darker −10%#5E00B9
Darker −20%#440086
Darker −30%#2A0053
Darker −40%#100020
More saturated +25%#7800EC
Less saturated −25%#781DCF

Channel breakdown

R120
G0
B236
Red120 (47.1%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue270.51°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 00 · B EC

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