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Recognised as Colour

#7804CA

  • #7804CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7804CA is a violet with RGB values 120, 4, 202 and HSL 275°, 96%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7804CA#7804CA
HEX#7804CA
RGBrgb(120, 4, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0157, 0.7922
RGB percentages47.1%, 1.6%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(275.2, 96.1%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.2, 98%, 79.2%)
CMYK40.6%, 98%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,865,546
CSS custom property--colour: #7804CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.87:1
Contrast with white7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#87FB35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Tritanopia#654D76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.7Dark violet · ΔE 7.8Dark orchid · ΔE 16.9Medium blue · ΔE 21Dark blue · ΔE 29Indigo · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56CA04
Analogous#1504CA, #CA04B9
Triadic#CA7804, #04CA78
Split complementary#B9CA04, #04CA15
Tetradic#CA1504, #56CA04, #04B9CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D59DFD
Lighter +30%#C06BFC
Lighter +20%#AB39FB
Lighter +10%#9507FA
Darker −10%#5A0398
Darker −20%#3D0266
Darker −30%#1F0134
Darker −40%#010002
More saturated +25%#7900CE
Less saturated −25%#741EB0

Channel breakdown

R120
G4
B202
Red120 (47.1%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue275.15°
Saturation (HSL)96.12%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 04 · B CA

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