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Recognised as Colour

#7A6AED

  • #7A6AED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#7A6AED is a blue with RGB values 122, 106, 237 and HSL 247°, 78%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#7A6AED#7A6AED
HEX#7A6AED
RGBrgb(122, 106, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.4157, 0.9294
RGB percentages47.8%, 41.6%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(247.3, 78.4%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.3, 55.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK48.5%, 55.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,022,765
CSS custom property--colour: #7A6AED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.11:1
Contrast with white4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#859512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1681F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0879EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5187A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 2Slate blue · ΔE 10.3Royal blue · ΔE 14Medium purple · ΔE 14.7Medium orchid · ΔE 26Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 1.99, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDED6A
Analogous#6A9BED, #BC6AED
Triadic#ED7A6A, #6AED7A
Split complementary#EDBC6A, #9BED6A
Tetradic#ED6A9B, #DDED6A, #6AEDBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F3FD
Lighter +20%#CBC5F8
Lighter +10%#A398F2
Darker −10%#513CE8
Darker −20%#311AD7
Darker −30%#2714AA
Darker −40%#1C0F7C
More saturated +25%#6C58FF
Less saturated −25%#8A7FD8

Channel breakdown

R122
G106
B237
Red122 (47.8%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue247.33°
Saturation (HSL)78.44%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G 6A · B ED

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