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Colour

#7844FF

  • #7844FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7844FF is a violet with RGB values 120, 68, 255 and HSL 257°, 100%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7844FF#7844FF
HEX#7844FF
RGBrgb(120, 68, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.2667, 1
RGB percentages47.1%, 26.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(256.7, 100%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.7, 73.3%, 100%)
CMYK52.9%, 73.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,881,983
CSS custom property--colour: #7844FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.16:1
Contrast with white5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#87BB00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0068FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#41789Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12Dark violet · ΔE 19.8Medium blue · ΔE 22.4Dark orchid · ΔE 24.8Blue · ΔE 30.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBFF44
Analogous#446DFF, #D644FF
Triadic#FF7844, #44FF78
Split complementary#FFD644, #6DFF44
Tetradic#FF446D, #CBFF44, #44FFD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6DDFF
Lighter +20%#C2AAFF
Lighter +10%#9D77FF
Darker −10%#5311FF
Darker −20%#3D00DD
Darker −30%#2F00AA
Darker −40%#210077
More saturated +25%#7844FF
Less saturated −25%#825BE8

Channel breakdown

R120
G68
B255
Red120 (47.1%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue256.68°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 44 · B FF

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