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Recognised as Colour

#7A63AC

  • #7A63AC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#7A63AC is a violet with RGB values 122, 99, 172 and HSL 259°, 31%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#7A63AC#7A63AC
HEX#7A63AC
RGBrgb(122, 99, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.3882, 0.6745
RGB percentages47.8%, 38.8%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(258.9, 30.5%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.9, 42.4%, 67.5%)
CMYK29.1%, 42.4%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,020,908
CSS custom property--colour: #7A63AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1604WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#859C53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E70AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#526FAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#70707Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.4Medium purple · ΔE 19.9Slate blue · ΔE 24.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.7Royal blue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 17.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95AC63
Analogous#6370AC, #9F63AC
Triadic#AC7A63, #63AC7A
Split complementary#AC9E63, #71AC63
Tetradic#AC6370, #95AC63, #63AC9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE8F3
Lighter +30%#CFC7E1
Lighter +20%#B3A6CF
Lighter +10%#9684BE
Darker −10%#624C90
Darker −20%#4B3B6E
Darker −30%#34294D
Darker −40%#1E172C
More saturated +25%#6F45CA
Less saturated −25%#85818E

Channel breakdown

R122
G99
B172
Red122 (47.8%)
Green99 (38.8%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue258.9°
Saturation (HSL)30.54%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G 63 · B AC

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