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Recognised as Colour

#7845EB

  • #7845EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7845EB is a violet with RGB values 120, 69, 235 and HSL 258°, 81%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7845EB#7845EB
HEX#7845EB
RGBrgb(120, 69, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.2706, 0.9216
RGB percentages47.1%, 27.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(258.4, 80.6%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.4, 70.6%, 92.2%)
CMYK48.9%, 70.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,882,219
CSS custom property--colour: #7845EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14247WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.46:1
Contrast with white5.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#87BA14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Tritanopia#517094no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.5Dark orchid · ΔE 17.3Dark violet · ΔE 19.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.9Medium blue · ΔE 26.4Slate blue · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8EB45
Analogous#4565EB, #CB45EB
Triadic#EB7845, #45EB78
Split complementary#EBCB45, #65EB45
Tetradic#EB4565, #B8EB45, #45EBCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDFF
Lighter +30%#DCCFFA
Lighter +20%#BBA1F5
Lighter +10%#9973F0
Darker −10%#5719E4
Darker −20%#4614B6
Darker −30%#340F88
Darker −40%#220A5A
More saturated +25%#7031FF
Less saturated −25%#825FD1

Channel breakdown

R120
G69
B235
Red120 (47.1%)
Green69 (27.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue258.43°
Saturation (HSL)80.58%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 45 · B EB

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