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Recognised as Colour

#7820CA

  • #7820CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7820CA is a violet with RGB values 120, 32, 202 and HSL 271°, 73%, 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

#7820CA#7820CA
HEX#7820CA
RGBrgb(120, 32, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1255, 0.7922
RGB percentages47.1%, 12.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(271.1, 72.6%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.1, 84.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK40.6%, 84.2%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,872,714
CSS custom property--colour: #7820CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0929WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.35:1
Contrast with white7.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#87DF35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0055CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Tritanopia#655379no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.4Dark violet · ΔE 11.3Dark orchid · ΔE 12.3Medium blue · ΔE 24.2Dark blue · ΔE 26.5Indigo · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72CA20
Analogous#2320CA, #CA20C7
Triadic#CA7820, #20CA78
Split complementary#C7CA20, #20CA23
Tetradic#CA2320, #72CA20, #20C7CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCC1F5
Lighter +30%#C395EE
Lighter +20%#AA69E7
Lighter +10%#913DE0
Darker −10%#5E199E
Darker −20%#441272
Darker −30%#2A0B46
Darker −40%#0F041A
More saturated +25%#7903E7
Less saturated −25%#773DAD

Channel breakdown

R120
G32
B202
Red120 (47.1%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue271.06°
Saturation (HSL)72.65%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 20 · B CA

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