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Recognised as Colour

#783BE3

  • #783BE3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#783BE3 is a violet with RGB values 120, 59, 227 and HSL 262°, 75%, 56%. 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

#783BE3#783BE3
HEX#783BE3
RGBrgb(120, 59, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.2314, 0.8902
RGB percentages47.1%, 23.1%, 89%
HSLhsl(261.8, 75%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.8, 74%, 89%)
CMYK47.1%, 74%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,879,651
CSS custom property--colour: #783BE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.94:1
Contrast with white5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#87C41C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Tritanopia#57688Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.6Dark orchid · ΔE 15.7Dark violet · ΔE 16.1Medium blue · ΔE 24.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.6Medium orchid · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6E33B
Analogous#3B52E3, #CC3BE3
Triadic#E3783B, #3BE378
Split complementary#E3CC3B, #52E33B
Tetradic#E33B52, #A6E33B, #3BE3CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3EEFC
Lighter +30%#D4C1F6
Lighter +20%#B594F0
Lighter +10%#9768E9
Darker −10%#5D1DCE
Darker −20%#4917A1
Darker −30%#351174
Darker −40%#210A48
More saturated +25%#701FFF
Less saturated −25%#8057C7

Channel breakdown

R120
G59
B227
Red120 (47.1%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue261.79°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 3B · B E3

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