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Recognised as Colour

#784FBD

  • #784FBD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#784FBD is a violet with RGB values 120, 79, 189 and HSL 262°, 45%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#784FBD#784FBD
HEX#784FBD
RGBrgb(120, 79, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.3098, 0.7412
RGB percentages47.1%, 31%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(262.4, 45.5%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.4, 58.2%, 74.1%)
CMYK36.5%, 58.2%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,884,733
CSS custom property--colour: #784FBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#87B042

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1366C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#2765BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Tritanopia#68667Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 8Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.5Medium purple · ΔE 12.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.2Royal blue · ΔE 20.4Medium orchid · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 7.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94BD4F
Analogous#4F5DBD, #AF4FBD
Triadic#BD784F, #4FBD78
Split complementary#BDAF4F, #5DBD4F
Tetradic#BD4F5D, #94BD4F, #4FBDAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE3F5
Lighter +30%#CDBEE7
Lighter +20%#B199D9
Lighter +10%#9474CB
Darker −10%#603B9E
Darker −20%#492D79
Darker −30%#331F54
Darker −40%#1C112F
More saturated +25%#7031DB
Less saturated −25%#806D9F

Channel breakdown

R120
G79
B189
Red120 (47.1%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue262.36°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 4F · B BD

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