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Recognised as Colour

#7A37EF

  • #7A37EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7A37EF is a violet with RGB values 122, 55, 239 and HSL 262°, 85%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7A37EF#7A37EF
HEX#7A37EF
RGBrgb(122, 55, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.2157, 0.9373
RGB percentages47.8%, 21.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(261.8, 85.2%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.8, 77%, 93.7%)
CMYK49%, 77%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,009,711
CSS custom property--colour: #7A37EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13102WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.8:1
Contrast with white5.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#85C810

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Tritanopia#536B93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.2Dark violet · ΔE 15Medium blue · ΔE 20.8Dark orchid · ΔE 21Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.1Blue · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACEF37
Analogous#3750EF, #D637EF
Triadic#EF7A37, #37EF7A
Split complementary#EFD637, #50EF37
Tetradic#EF3750, #ACEF37, #37EFD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F4FE
Lighter +30%#D8C5FA
Lighter +20%#B995F7
Lighter +10%#9966F3
Darker −10%#5D12E1
Darker −20%#4A0EB2
Darker −30%#360A83
Darker −40%#230753
More saturated +25%#7627FF
Less saturated −25%#8152D4

Channel breakdown

R122
G55
B239
Red122 (47.8%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue261.85°
Saturation (HSL)85.19%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G 37 · B EF

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