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Recognised as Colour

#7A49AA

  • #7A49AA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7A49AA is a violet with RGB values 122, 73, 170 and HSL 270°, 40%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7A49AA#7A49AA
HEX#7A49AA
RGBrgb(122, 73, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.2863, 0.6667
RGB percentages47.8%, 28.6%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(270.3, 39.9%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 57.1%, 66.7%)
CMYK28.2%, 57.1%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,014,250
CSS custom property--colour: #7A49AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.25:1
Contrast with white6.25:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#85B655

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#245FADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3661A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#725C72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.9Slate blue · ΔE 14.7Medium purple · ΔE 15.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.4Medium orchid · ΔE 23.1Purple · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79AA49
Analogous#4A49AA, #AA49A9
Triadic#AA7A49, #49AA7A
Split complementary#AAAA49, #49AA4A
Tetradic#AA4949, #79AA49, #49A9AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0D3EC
Lighter +30%#C6AFDD
Lighter +20%#AD8CCD
Lighter +10%#9368BE
Darker −10%#603A86
Darker −20%#472A63
Darker −30%#2D1B3F
Darker −40%#140C1B
More saturated +25%#7A2BC8
Less saturated −25%#7A678C

Channel breakdown

R122
G73
B170
Red122 (47.8%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue270.31°
Saturation (HSL)39.92%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G 49 · B AA

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