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Recognised as Colour

#7B00E4

  • #7B00E4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7B00E4 is a violet with RGB values 123, 0, 228 and HSL 272°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7B00E4#7B00E4
HEX#7B00E4
RGBrgb(123, 0, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0, 0.8941
RGB percentages48.2%, 0%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(272.4, 100%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.4, 100%, 89.4%)
CMYK46.1%, 100%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,061,156
CSS custom property--colour: #7B00E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.09:1
Contrast with white7.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#84FF1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Tritanopia#5D5986no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.5Dark violet · ΔE 13.5Medium blue · ΔE 17.8Blue · ΔE 24.8Dark orchid · ΔE 27.1Dark blue · ΔE 38.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69E400
Analogous#0900E4, #E400DB
Triadic#E47B00, #00E47B
Split complementary#DBE400, #00E409
Tetradic#E40900, #69E400, #00DBE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBB1FF
Lighter +30%#C47EFF
Lighter +20%#AC4BFF
Lighter +10%#9518FF
Darker −10%#5F00B1
Darker −20%#44007E
Darker −30%#28004B
Darker −40%#0D0018
More saturated +25%#7B00E4
Less saturated −25%#791CC8

Channel breakdown

R123
G0
B228
Red123 (48.2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue272.37°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 00 · B E4

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