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Colour

#7A5995

  • #7A5995
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#7A5995 is a violet with RGB values 122, 89, 149 and HSL 273°, 25%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#7A5995#7A5995
HEX#7A5995
RGBrgb(122, 89, 149)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.349, 0.5843
RGB percentages47.8%, 34.9%, 58.4%
HSLhsl(273, 25.2%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273, 40.3%, 58.4%)
CMYK18.1%, 40.3%, 0%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,018,325
CSS custom property--colour: #7A5995;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13452WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.69:1
Contrast with white5.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#85A66A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4C6597no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#546793no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#776270no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 19Medium purple · ΔE 27.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.9Plum · ΔE 31.3Steel blue · ΔE 31.4Slate blue · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 19.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#749559
Analogous#5C5995, #955992
Triadic#957A59, #59957A
Split complementary#929559, #59955C
Tetradic#955C59, #749559, #599295

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DED4E6
Lighter +30%#C5B4D3
Lighter +20%#AC95BF
Lighter +10%#9375AC
Darker −10%#604675
Darker −20%#463355
Darker −30%#2C2035
Darker −40%#110D15
More saturated +25%#7D3BB3
Less saturated −25%#777777

Channel breakdown

R122
G89
B149
Red122 (47.8%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue149 (58.4%)
Hue273°
Saturation (HSL)25.21%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G 59 · B 95

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