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Recognised as Colour

#783CE8

  • #783CE8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#783CE8 is a violet with RGB values 120, 60, 232 and HSL 261°, 79%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#783CE8#783CE8
HEX#783CE8
RGBrgb(120, 60, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.2353, 0.9098
RGB percentages47.1%, 23.5%, 91%
HSLhsl(260.9, 78.9%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.9, 74.1%, 91%)
CMYK48.3%, 74.1%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,879,912
CSS custom property--colour: #783CE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.82:1
Contrast with white5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#87C317

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#546B90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.2Dark violet · ΔE 16.1Dark orchid · ΔE 17.4Medium blue · ΔE 23.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.8Dark blue · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.17, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACE83C
Analogous#3C56E8, #CE3CE8
Triadic#E8783C, #3CE878
Split complementary#E8CE3C, #56E83C
Tetradic#E83C56, #ACE83C, #3CE8CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F2FE
Lighter +30%#D7C5F8
Lighter +20%#B797F3
Lighter +10%#986AED
Darker −10%#5C19D8
Darker −20%#4814AA
Darker −30%#350F7C
Darker −40%#22094F
More saturated +25%#7125FF
Less saturated −25%#8057CD

Channel breakdown

R120
G60
B232
Red120 (47.1%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue260.93°
Saturation (HSL)78.9%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 3C · B E8

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