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Recognised as Colour

#7822BE

  • #7822BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7822BE is a violet with RGB values 120, 34, 190 and HSL 273°, 70%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#7822BE#7822BE
HEX#7822BE
RGBrgb(120, 34, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1333, 0.7451
RGB percentages47.1%, 13.3%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(273.1, 69.6%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.1, 82.1%, 74.5%)
CMYK36.8%, 82.1%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,873,214
CSS custom property--colour: #7822BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.58:1
Contrast with white7.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#87DD41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Tritanopia#694E72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.4Blue violet · ΔE 14.3Dark violet · ΔE 15.7Indigo · ΔE 21.7Dark blue · ΔE 24.4Medium orchid · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68BE22
Analogous#2A22BE, #BE22B6
Triadic#BE7822, #22BE78
Split complementary#B6BE22, #22BE2A
Tetradic#BE2A22, #68BE22, #22B6BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9B9F3
Lighter +30%#C18EEB
Lighter +20%#AA63E3
Lighter +10%#9238DB
Darker −10%#5D1A93
Darker −20%#411367
Darker −30%#260B3C
Darker −40%#0B0311
More saturated +25%#7B06DA
Less saturated −25%#753EA2

Channel breakdown

R120
G34
B190
Red120 (47.1%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue273.08°
Saturation (HSL)69.64%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 22 · B BE

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