Recognised as Colour

#7B0CD4

#7B0CD4
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7B0CD4 is a violet with RGB values 123, 12, 212 and HSL 273°, 89%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#7B0CD4

RGBrgb(123, 12, 212)

RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.0471, 0.8314

RGB percentages48.2%, 4.7%, 83.1%

HSLhsl(273.3, 89.3%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 94.3%, 83.1%)

CMYK42%, 94.3%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,064,212

CSS custom property--colour: #7B0CD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.38:1

Contrast with white7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#84F32B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0055D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0054D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Tritanopia#65527Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.5 Dark violet · ΔE 7.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 19 Medium blue · ΔE 19.7 Dark blue · ΔE 31.7 Blue · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.47, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#65D40C

Analogous#170CD4, #D40CC9

Triadic#D47B0C, #0CD47B

Split complementary#C9D40C, #0CD417

Tetradic#D4170C, #65D40C, #0CC9D4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DAB1FB

Lighter +30%#C381F8

Lighter +20%#AC51F5

Lighter +10%#9521F2

Darker −10%#5F09A4

Darker −20%#430773

Darker −30%#270443

Darker −40%#0B0113

More saturated +25%#7C00E0

Less saturated −25%#7828B8

Channel breakdown

R123

G12

B212

Red123 (48.2%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue212 (83.1%)

Hue273.3°

Saturation (HSL)89.29%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7B · G 0C · B D4

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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