Recognised as Colour

#7800FA

#7800FA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#7800FA is a violet with RGB values 120, 0, 250 and HSL 269°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#7800FA#7800FA

HEX#7800FA

RGBrgb(120, 0, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0, 0.9804

RGB percentages47.1%, 0%, 98%

HSLhsl(268.8, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.8, 100%, 98%)

CMYK52%, 100%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,864,570

CSS custom property--colour: #7800FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.61:1

Contrast with white6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#87FF05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0060FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original

Deuteranopia#0058F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Tritanopia#486493no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 100.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 16.6 Medium blue · ΔE 20.4 Blue violet · ΔE 21.9 Dark violet · ΔE 23.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 37 Fuchsia · ΔE 41.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 16.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#82FA00

Analogous#0005FA, #F500FA

Triadic#FA7800, #00FA78

Split complementary#FAF500, #05FA00

Tetradic#FA0005, #82FA00, #00FAF5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2C7FF

Lighter +30%#C794FF

Lighter +20%#AD61FF

Lighter +10%#922EFF

Darker −10%#6000C7

Darker −20%#470094

Darker −30%#2F0061

Darker −40%#16002E

More saturated +25%#7800FA

Less saturated −25%#791FDB

Channel breakdown

R120

B250

Red120 (47.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue268.8°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 78 · G 00 · B FA

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