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Recognised as Colour

#7A4BCD

  • #7A4BCD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#7A4BCD is a violet with RGB values 122, 75, 205 and HSL 262°, 57%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#7A4BCD#7A4BCD
HEX#7A4BCD
RGBrgb(122, 75, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.2941, 0.8039
RGB percentages47.8%, 29.4%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(261.7, 56.5%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.7, 63.4%, 80.4%)
CMYK40.5%, 63.4%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,014,797
CSS custom property--colour: #7A4BCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.65:1
Contrast with white5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#85B432

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#656985no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 12Slate blue · ΔE 12.3Dark orchid · ΔE 17.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.8Medium purple · ΔE 19Medium orchid · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 12.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9ECD4B
Analogous#4B5DCD, #BB4BCD
Triadic#CD7A4B, #4BCD7A
Split complementary#CDBB4B, #5DCD4B
Tetradic#CD4B5D, #9ECD4B, #4BCDBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0EBF9
Lighter +30%#D2C3EE
Lighter +20%#B59BE3
Lighter +10%#9773D8
Darker −10%#6132B3
Darker −20%#4B278B
Darker −30%#361C63
Darker −40%#20113B
More saturated +25%#722EEA
Less saturated −25%#8268B0

Channel breakdown

R122
G75
B205
Red122 (47.8%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue261.69°
Saturation (HSL)56.52%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G 4B · B CD

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