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Recognised as Colour

#782CFA

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

#782CFA is a violet with RGB values 120, 44, 250 and HSL 262°, 95%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#782CFA#782CFA
HEX#782CFA
RGBrgb(120, 44, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1725, 0.9804
RGB percentages47.1%, 17.3%, 98%
HSLhsl(262.1, 95.4%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 82.4%, 98%)
CMYK52%, 82.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,875,834
CSS custom property--colour: #782CFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.93:1
Contrast with white5.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#87D305

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#476C97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.8Dark violet · ΔE 18.4Medium blue · ΔE 18.5Blue · ΔE 22.9Dark orchid · ΔE 29.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 40.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEFA2C
Analogous#2C47FA, #DF2CFA
Triadic#FA782C, #2CFA78
Split complementary#FADF2C, #47FA2C
Tetradic#FA2C47, #AEFA2C, #2CFADF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F3FF
Lighter +30%#D8C1FE
Lighter +20%#B890FC
Lighter +10%#985EFB
Darker −10%#5B06ED
Darker −20%#4804BC
Darker −30%#35038A
Darker −40%#220258
More saturated +25%#7727FF
Less saturated −25%#7F47DF

Channel breakdown

R120
G44
B250
Red120 (47.1%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue262.14°
Saturation (HSL)95.37%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 2C · B FA

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