Recognised as Colour

#7A37EB

#7A37EB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7A37EB is a violet with RGB values 122, 55, 235 and HSL 262°, 82%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#7A37EB

RGBrgb(122, 55, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.2157, 0.9216

RGB percentages47.8%, 21.6%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(262.3, 81.8%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.3, 76.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK48.1%, 76.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,009,707

CSS custom property--colour: #7A37EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.88:1

Contrast with white5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#525252

Inverted#85C814

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0067F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0061E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original

Tritanopia#566A90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.5 Dark violet · ΔE 14.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.3 Medium blue · ΔE 21.5 Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.5 Dark blue · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.47, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A8EB37

Analogous#374EEB, #D437EB

Triadic#EB7A37, #37EB7A

Split complementary#EBD437, #4EEB37

Tetradic#EB374E, #A8EB37, #37EBD4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5F0FE

Lighter +30%#D6C2F9

Lighter +20%#B894F4

Lighter +10%#9965F0

Darker −10%#5F16D9

Darker −20%#4A11AB

Darker −30%#360C7D

Darker −40%#22084E

More saturated +25%#7523FF

Less saturated −25%#8153D0

Channel breakdown

R122

G55

B235

Red122 (47.8%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue262.33°

Saturation (HSL)81.82%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7A · G 37 · B EB

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