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Recognised as Colour

#7A20DA

  • #7A20DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7A20DA is a violet with RGB values 122, 32, 218 and HSL 269°, 74%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7A20DA#7A20DA
HEX#7A20DA
RGBrgb(122, 32, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.1255, 0.8549
RGB percentages47.8%, 12.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(269, 74.4%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269, 85.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK44%, 85.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,003,802
CSS custom property--colour: #7A20DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10233WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.89:1
Contrast with white6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#85DF25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005ADFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#0058D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Tritanopia#605A82no 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 text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 4.4Dark violet · ΔE 9.5Dark orchid · ΔE 17.9Medium blue · ΔE 20Dark blue · ΔE 31.2Blue · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 4.42, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80DA20
Analogous#2023DA, #D720DA
Triadic#DA7A20, #20DA7A
Split complementary#DAD720, #23DA20
Tetradic#DA2023, #80DA20, #20DAD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2CEF8
Lighter +30%#C8A2F1
Lighter +20%#AE75EB
Lighter +10%#9449E4
Darker −10%#6119AE
Darker −20%#481381
Darker −30%#2F0C55
Darker −40%#160628
More saturated +25%#7901F9
Less saturated −25%#7B3FBB

Channel breakdown

R122
G32
B218
Red122 (47.8%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue269.03°
Saturation (HSL)74.4%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G 20 · B DA

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