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Recognised as Colour

#7807CD

  • #7807CD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7807CD is a violet with RGB values 120, 7, 205 and HSL 274°, 93%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7807CD#7807CD
HEX#7807CD
RGBrgb(120, 7, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0275, 0.8039
RGB percentages47.1%, 2.7%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(274.2, 93.4%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.2, 96.6%, 80.4%)
CMYK41.5%, 96.6%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,866,317
CSS custom property--colour: #7807CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.75:1
Contrast with white7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#87F832

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Tritanopia#644F78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.2Dark violet · ΔE 7.9Dark orchid · ΔE 17.6Medium blue · ΔE 20.3Dark blue · ΔE 29.7Indigo · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5CCD07
Analogous#1507CD, #CD07BF
Triadic#CD7807, #07CD78
Split complementary#BFCD07, #07CD15
Tetradic#CD1507, #5CCD07, #07BFCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6A4FC
Lighter +30%#C073FA
Lighter +20%#AA41F9
Lighter +10%#9410F7
Darker −10%#5B059C
Darker −20%#3E046A
Darker −30%#210239
Darker −40%#050008
More saturated +25%#7900D4
Less saturated −25%#7421B3

Channel breakdown

R120
G7
B205
Red120 (47.1%)
Green7 (2.7%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue274.24°
Saturation (HSL)93.4%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 07 · B CD

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