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Recognised as Colour

#7805EA

  • #7805EA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7805EA is a violet with RGB values 120, 5, 234 and HSL 270°, 96%, 47%. 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

#7805EA#7805EA
HEX#7805EA
RGBrgb(120, 5, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0196, 0.9176
RGB percentages47.1%, 2%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(270.1, 95.8%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.1, 97.9%, 91.8%)
CMYK48.7%, 97.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,865,834
CSS custom property--colour: #7805EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.8 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#2E2E2E
Inverted#87FA15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Tritanopia#545C89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.6 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 14.6Dark violet · ΔE 16.2Medium blue · ΔE 17.4Blue · ΔE 22.2Dark orchid · ΔE 29.6Fuchsia · ΔE 39.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77EA05
Analogous#0505EA, #EA05E9
Triadic#EA7805, #05EA78
Split complementary#E9EA05, #05EA06
Tetradic#EA0605, #77EA05, #05E9EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEBDFE
Lighter +30%#C48BFD
Lighter +20%#AB5AFB
Lighter +10%#9128FA
Darker −10%#5E04B8
Darker −20%#450386
Darker −30%#2B0254
Darker −40%#120122
More saturated +25%#7800EF
Less saturated −25%#7823CC

Channel breakdown

R120
G5
B234
Red120 (47.1%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue270.13°
Saturation (HSL)95.82%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 05 · B EA

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