#7828DF

sRGB · 120 / 40 / 223

#7828DF belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 120 red, 40 green and 223 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 266.2° lands in the violet region. Its 74.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 51.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.63:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 120, 40, 223
HSL: 266.23°, 74.09%, 51.57%
HSV / HSB: 266.23°, 82.06%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 46.19%, 82.06%, 0.00%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 21.822, 10.838, 70.757
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 39.307, 67.775, -77.865
WCAG relative luminance: 0.10838
24-bit decimal: 7874783

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #7828DF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 3.17:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 6.63:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#8FDF28 sits half a turn (180°) from #7828DF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#7828DF #8FDF28

Analogous

#2833DF and #D428DF sit 30° to either side of #7828DF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#2833DF #7828DF #D428DF

Triadic

#7828DF, #DF7828 and #28DF78 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#7828DF #DF7828 #28DF78

Split complementary

Start at #7828DF and look across the wheel. #DFD428 and #33DF28 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#7828DF #DFD428 #33DF28

Square

Starting with #7828DF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DF2833, #8FDF28, then #28DFD4. Across the square, #7828DF pairs with #8FDF28, and #DF2833 with #28DFD4.

#7828DF #DF2833 #8FDF28 #28DFD4

Tetradic

#7828DF and #8FDF28 are opposites, as are #DF288F and #28DF78. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#7828DF #DF288F #8FDF28 #28DF78

Tints

Mixing #7828DF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9353E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #E4D4F9, the mixture is 80% white.

#7828DF #9353E5 #AE7EEC #C9A9F2 #E4D4F9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #7828DF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6020B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #18082D, the mixture is 80% black.

#7828DF #6020B2 #481886 #301059 #18082D #000000

Tones

Mixing #7828DF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7A3ACC, keeps 80% of the original. By #7E6E93, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#7828DF #7A3ACC #7B4BB9 #7D5DA6 #7E6E93 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#7828DF

RGB

rgb(120 40 223)

HSL

hsl(266.230 74.089% 51.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #7828DF;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#7828DF uses 120 red, 40 green and 223 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 47.1%

Green 15.7%

Blue 87.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #7828DF is 46.2% cyan, 82.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 46.2%

Magenta 82.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #7722DD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #72D in CSS. For a modern design, keep #7828DF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #6633CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #7722DD Nearest web-safe · #6633CC

Gradient to complement

#7828DF #7C47C1 #8065A2 #848484 #87A265 #8BC147 #8FDF28

Color vision previews

Compare how #7828DF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#005EE4

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#005ADC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#5A5F86

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0050E1

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#044FDD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6F42C5

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#5D5D5D

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#6B48AE

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.18782 G 0.02122 B 0.73791

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.43437 G 0.17833 B 0.84153

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.15824 G 0.02675 B 0.67663

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.211 y 0.105 Y 10.838

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 52.941 M % 84.314 Y % 12.549

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01111000 00101000 11011111