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Recognised as Colour

#780DC8

  • #780DC8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#780DC8 is a violet with RGB values 120, 13, 200 and HSL 274°, 88%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#780DC8#780DC8
HEX#780DC8
RGBrgb(120, 13, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.051, 0.7843
RGB percentages47.1%, 5.1%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(274.3, 87.8%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 93.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK40%, 93.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,867,848
CSS custom property--colour: #780DC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08451WCAG 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 7.81:1
Contrast with white7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#87F237

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#664D75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.9Dark violet · ΔE 8.5Dark orchid · ΔE 15.1Medium blue · ΔE 22.2Dark blue · ΔE 27.8Indigo · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5DC80D
Analogous#1A0DC8, #C80DBB
Triadic#C8780D, #0DC878
Split complementary#BBC80D, #0DC81A
Tetradic#C81A0D, #5DC80D, #0DBBC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6A8F9
Lighter +30%#C078F6
Lighter +20%#AA48F3
Lighter +10%#9418F0
Darker −10%#5B0A98
Darker −20%#3F0768
Darker −30%#220438
Darker −40%#050108
More saturated +25%#7A00D5
Less saturated −25%#7428AD

Channel breakdown

R120
G13
B200
Red120 (47.1%)
Green13 (5.1%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue274.33°
Saturation (HSL)87.79%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 0D · B C8

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