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Recognised as Colour

#7A359B

  • #7A359B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7A359B is a violet with RGB values 122, 53, 155 and HSL 281°, 49%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7A359B#7A359B
HEX#7A359B
RGBrgb(122, 53, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.2078, 0.6078
RGB percentages47.8%, 20.8%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(280.6, 49%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.6, 65.8%, 60.8%)
CMYK21.3%, 65.8%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,009,115
CSS custom property--colour: #7A359B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.47:1
Contrast with white7.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#85CA64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00519Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Deuteranopia#2E5699no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Tritanopia#774963no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.47:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 6.6Purple · ΔE 15Dark magenta · ΔE 16.5Indigo · ΔE 19.2Slate blue · ΔE 20.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#569B35
Analogous#47359B, #9B3589
Triadic#9B7A35, #359B7A
Split complementary#899B35, #359B47
Tetradic#9B4735, #569B35, #35899B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6B6E6
Lighter +30%#C190D9
Lighter +20%#AC6ACC
Lighter +10%#9744BF
Darker −10%#5C2875
Darker −20%#3E1B4F
Darker −30%#200E29
Darker −40%#020103
More saturated +25%#831BB5
Less saturated −25%#714F81

Channel breakdown

R122
G53
B155
Red122 (47.8%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue280.59°
Saturation (HSL)49.04%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G 35 · B 9B

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