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Recognised as Colour

#781BDE

  • #781BDE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#781BDE is a violet with RGB values 120, 27, 222 and HSL 269°, 78%, 49%. 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

#781BDE#781BDE
HEX#781BDE
RGBrgb(120, 27, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1059, 0.8706
RGB percentages47.1%, 10.6%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(268.6, 78.3%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.6, 87.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK45.9%, 87.8%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,871,454
CSS custom property--colour: #781BDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.7 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#3D3D3D
Inverted#87E421

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Tritanopia#5B5A84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.7 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 6.6Dark violet · ΔE 10.6Medium blue · ΔE 18.1Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1Blue · ΔE 29.9Dark blue · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81DE1B
Analogous#1B1FDE, #DA1BDE
Triadic#DE781B, #1BDE78
Split complementary#DEDA1B, #1FDE1B
Tetradic#DE1B1F, #81DE1B, #1BDEDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1CCF9
Lighter +30%#C79FF3
Lighter +20%#AD71EE
Lighter +10%#9244E8
Darker −10%#5F15B1
Darker −20%#471083
Darker −30%#2E0A56
Darker −40%#160528
More saturated +25%#7700F9
Less saturated −25%#793ABF

Channel breakdown

R120
G27
B222
Red120 (47.1%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue268.62°
Saturation (HSL)78.31%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 1B · B DE

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