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Recognised as Colour

#7803BF

  • #7803BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#7803BF is a violet with RGB values 120, 3, 191 and HSL 277°, 97%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#7803BF#7803BF
HEX#7803BF
RGBrgb(120, 3, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0118, 0.749
RGB percentages47.1%, 1.2%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(277.3, 96.9%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.3, 98.4%, 74.9%)
CMYK37.2%, 98.4%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,865,279
CSS custom property--colour: #7803BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.19:1
Contrast with white8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#87FC40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#004FBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Tritanopia#69476Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.7Blue violet · ΔE 10.6Dark orchid · ΔE 13.5Medium blue · ΔE 24.5Dark blue · ΔE 26.4Indigo · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4ABF03
Analogous#1A03BF, #BF03A8
Triadic#BF7803, #03BF78
Split complementary#A8BF03, #03BF1A
Tetradic#BF1A03, #4ABF03, #03A8BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D491FD
Lighter +30%#C15FFC
Lighter +20%#AD2CFC
Lighter +10%#9804F1
Darker −10%#58028D
Darker −20%#39015B
Darker −30%#190128
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7900C2
Less saturated −25%#721BA7

Channel breakdown

R120
G3
B191
Red120 (47.1%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue277.34°
Saturation (HSL)96.91%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 03 · B BF

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