Colour

#781DCE

#781DCE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#781DCE is a violet with RGB values 120, 29, 206 and HSL 271°, 75%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#781DCE

RGBrgb(120, 29, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1137, 0.8078

RGB percentages47.1%, 11.4%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(270.8, 75.3%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.8, 85.9%, 80.8%)

CMYK41.7%, 85.9%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,871,950

CSS custom property--colour: #781DCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09328WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.33:1

Contrast with white7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#87E231

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0056D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0055CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Tritanopia#63547Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.6 Dark violet · ΔE 9.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 14.3 Medium blue · ΔE 22.3 Dark blue · ΔE 27.8 Indigo · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.56, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#73CE1D

Analogous#1F1DCE, #CE1DCC

Triadic#CE781D, #1DCE78

Split complementary#CCCE1D, #1DCE1F

Tetradic#CE1F1D, #73CE1D, #1DCCCE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DCC1F6

Lighter +30%#C394F0

Lighter +20%#AA67EA

Lighter +10%#913BE3

Darker −10%#5E17A1

Darker −20%#441075

Darker −30%#2A0A48

Darker −40%#10041B

More saturated +25%#7900EB

Less saturated −25%#773AB1

Channel breakdown

R120

G29

B206

Red120 (47.1%)

Green29 (11.4%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue270.85°

Saturation (HSL)75.32%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 78 · G 1D · B CE

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