Colour

#7A46FF

#7A46FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7A46FF is a violet with RGB values 122, 70, 255 and HSL 257°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7A46FF#7A46FF

HEX#7A46FF

RGBrgb(122, 70, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.2745, 1

RGB percentages47.8%, 27.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(256.9, 100%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(256.9, 72.5%, 100%)

CMYK52.2%, 72.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,013,567

CSS custom property--colour: #7A46FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.06:1

Contrast with white5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#85B900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0072FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#006AFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Tritanopia#46789Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.8 Dark violet · ΔE 19.7 Medium blue · ΔE 23.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.8 Blue · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CBFF46

Analogous#466FFF, #D646FF

Triadic#FF7A46, #46FF7A

Split complementary#FFD646, #6FFF46

Tetradic#FF466F, #CBFF46, #46FFD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E8DFFF

Lighter +20%#C3ACFF

Lighter +10%#9F79FF

Darker −10%#5513FF

Darker −20%#3F00DF

Darker −30%#3000AC

Darker −40%#220079

More saturated +25%#7A46FF

Less saturated −25%#845DE8

Channel breakdown

R122

G70

B255

Red122 (47.8%)

Green70 (27.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue256.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7A · G 46 · B FF

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