Colour

#781ED0

#781ED0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#781ED0 is a violet with RGB values 120, 30, 208 and HSL 270°, 75%, 47%. 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#781ED0

RGBrgb(120, 30, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1176, 0.8157

RGB percentages47.1%, 11.8%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(270.3, 74.8%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 85.6%, 81.6%)

CMYK42.3%, 85.6%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,872,208

CSS custom property--colour: #781ED0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09476WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.25:1

Contrast with white7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#87E12F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0057D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Deuteranopia#0055CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Tritanopia#62557Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6 Dark violet · ΔE 9.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 14.8 Medium blue · ΔE 21.8 Dark blue · ΔE 28.3 Indigo · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.04, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#76D01E

Analogous#1F1ED0, #D01ECF

Triadic#D0781E, #1ED078

Split complementary#CFD01E, #1ED01F

Tetradic#D01F1E, #76D01E, #1ECFD0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DDC4F6

Lighter +30%#C497F0

Lighter +20%#AB6AEA

Lighter +10%#913EE3

Darker −10%#5E18A3

Darker −20%#451177

Darker −30%#2B0B4A

Darker −40%#11041E

More saturated +25%#7800EE

Less saturated −25%#783CB2

Channel breakdown

R120

G30

B208

Red120 (47.1%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue270.34°

Saturation (HSL)74.79%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 78 · G 1E · B D0

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