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Recognised as Colour

#7802BA

  • #7802BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#7802BA is a violet with RGB values 120, 2, 186 and HSL 278°, 98%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#7802BA#7802BA
HEX#7802BA
RGBrgb(120, 2, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0078, 0.7294
RGB percentages47.1%, 0.8%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(278.5, 97.9%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.5, 98.9%, 72.9%)
CMYK35.5%, 98.9%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,865,018
CSS custom property--colour: #7802BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07582WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.35:1
Contrast with white8.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#87FD45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#004EB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6B446Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 11.2Blue violet · ΔE 12.4Dark orchid · ΔE 12.5Indigo · ΔE 24.5Dark blue · ΔE 25.5Medium blue · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 11.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#44BA02
Analogous#1C02BA, #BA02A0
Triadic#BA7802, #02BA78
Split complementary#A0BA02, #02BA1C
Tetradic#BA1C02, #44BA02, #02A0BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D48AFE
Lighter +30%#C258FD
Lighter +20%#AF25FD
Lighter +10%#9903EC
Darker −10%#570188
Darker −20%#370155
Darker −30%#160023
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7900BC
Less saturated −25%#7119A3

Channel breakdown

R120
G2
B186
Red120 (47.1%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue278.48°
Saturation (HSL)97.87%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 02 · B BA

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