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Recognised as Colour

#7B05DC

  • #7B05DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7B05DC is a violet with RGB values 123, 5, 220 and HSL 273°, 96%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7B05DC#7B05DC
HEX#7B05DC
RGBrgb(123, 5, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.0196, 0.8627
RGB percentages48.2%, 2%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(272.9, 95.6%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.9, 97.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK44.1%, 97.7%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,062,428
CSS custom property--colour: #7B05DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.25:1
Contrast with white7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#84FA23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Tritanopia#615581no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9Dark violet · ΔE 10.2Medium blue · ΔE 18.2Dark orchid · ΔE 23.2Blue · ΔE 28.5Dark blue · ΔE 34.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66DC05
Analogous#1005DC, #DC05D2
Triadic#DC7B05, #05DC7B
Split complementary#D1DC05, #05DC10
Tetradic#DC1005, #66DC05, #05D1DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAB0FD
Lighter +30%#C37EFC
Lighter +20%#AC4CFB
Lighter +10%#951AFA
Darker −10%#5F04AA
Darker −20%#430378
Darker −30%#270246
Darker −40%#0B0015
More saturated +25%#7B00E1
Less saturated −25%#7821C0

Channel breakdown

R123
G5
B220
Red123 (48.2%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue272.93°
Saturation (HSL)95.56%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 05 · B DC

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