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Recognised as Colour

#782BDA

  • #782BDA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#782BDA is a violet with RGB values 120, 43, 218 and HSL 266°, 70%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#782BDA#782BDA
HEX#782BDA
RGBrgb(120, 43, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1686, 0.8549
RGB percentages47.1%, 16.9%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(266.4, 70.3%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.4, 80.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK45%, 80.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,875,546
CSS custom property--colour: #782BDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.65:1
Contrast with white6.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#87D425

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#005AD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Tritanopia#5D5E84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5.2Dark violet · ΔE 11.8Dark orchid · ΔE 15.6Medium blue · ΔE 21.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.4Dark blue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DDA2B
Analogous#2B36DA, #CF2BDA
Triadic#DA782B, #2BDA78
Split complementary#DACF2B, #36DA2B
Tetradic#DA2B36, #8DDA2B, #2BDACF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7D9F8
Lighter +30%#CBADF1
Lighter +20%#AF82E9
Lighter +10%#9456E2
Darker −10%#601FB3
Darker −20%#491887
Darker −30%#31105C
Darker −40%#1A0831
More saturated +25%#740CF9
Less saturated −25%#7C4ABB

Channel breakdown

R120
G43
B218
Red120 (47.1%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue266.4°
Saturation (HSL)70.28%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 2B · B DA

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