Colour

#7B00E5

#7B00E5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7B00E5 is a violet with RGB values 123, 0, 229 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

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HEX#7B00E5

RGBrgb(123, 0, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0, 0.898

RGB percentages48.2%, 0%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(272.2, 100%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.2, 100%, 89.8%)

CMYK46.3%, 100%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,061,157

CSS custom property--colour: #7B00E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.06:1

Contrast with white7.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#84FF1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0059EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0056E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Tritanopia#5D5986no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.8 Dark violet · ΔE 13.9 Medium blue · ΔE 17.8 Blue · ΔE 24.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 27.5 Dark blue · ΔE 38.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6AE500

Analogous#0900E5, #E500DC

Triadic#E57B00, #00E57B

Split complementary#DCE500, #00E509

Tetradic#E50900, #6AE500, #00DCE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DBB2FF

Lighter +30%#C47FFF

Lighter +20%#AC4CFF

Lighter +10%#9519FF

Darker −10%#6000B2

Darker −20%#44007F

Darker −30%#29004C

Darker −40%#0D0019

More saturated +25%#7B00E5

Less saturated −25%#791DC8

Channel breakdown

R123

B229

Red123 (48.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue272.23°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7B · G 00 · B E5

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