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Recognised as Colour

#783CFF

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

#783CFF is a violet with RGB values 120, 60, 255 and HSL 258°, 100%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#783CFF#783CFF
HEX#783CFF
RGBrgb(120, 60, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.2353, 1
RGB percentages47.1%, 23.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(258.5, 100%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.5, 76.5%, 100%)
CMYK52.9%, 76.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,879,935
CSS custom property--colour: #783CFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14445WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.4:1
Contrast with white5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#87C300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Tritanopia#41749Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.5Dark violet · ΔE 19.2Medium blue · ΔE 20.5Dark orchid · ΔE 26.9Blue · ΔE 27Medium slateblue · ΔE 35.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C3FF3C
Analogous#3C62FF, #D93CFF
Triadic#FF783C, #3CFF78
Split complementary#FFDA3C, #62FF3C
Tetradic#FF3C62, #C3FF3C, #3CFFD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2D5FF
Lighter +20%#BFA2FF
Lighter +10%#9B6FFF
Darker −10%#5509FF
Darker −20%#4200D5
Darker −30%#3200A2
Darker −40%#22006F
More saturated +25%#783CFF
Less saturated −25%#8154E7

Channel breakdown

R120
G60
B255
Red120 (47.1%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue258.46°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 3C · B FF

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