Colour

#7830A8

#7830A8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7830A8 is a violet with RGB values 120, 48, 168 and HSL 276°, 56%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#7830A8

RGBrgb(120, 48, 168)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1882, 0.6588

RGB percentages47.1%, 18.8%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(276, 55.6%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276, 71.4%, 65.9%)

CMYK28.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,876,776

CSS custom property--colour: #7830A8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.54:1

Contrast with white7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#87CF57

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0052ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#1055A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original

Tritanopia#704B69no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.3 Indigo · ΔE 15.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 16.9 Purple · ΔE 17.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.7 Slate blue · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#60A830

Analogous#3C30A8, #A8309C

Triadic#A87830, #30A878

Split complementary#9CA830, #30A83C

Tetradic#A83C30, #60A830, #309CA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7B9EB

Lighter +30%#C091E0

Lighter +20%#AA6AD4

Lighter +10%#9342C9

Darker −10%#5C2580

Darker −20%#3F1959

Darker −30%#230E31

Darker −40%#070309

More saturated +25%#7D15C3

Less saturated −25%#734B8D

Channel breakdown

R120

G48

B168

Red120 (47.1%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue276°

Saturation (HSL)55.56%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 78 · G 30 · B A8

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