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Recognised as Colour

#7B199A

  • #7B199A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#7B199A is a violet with RGB values 123, 25, 154 and HSL 286°, 72%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#7B199A#7B199A
HEX#7B199A
RGBrgb(123, 25, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.098, 0.6039
RGB percentages48.2%, 9.8%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(285.6, 72.1%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.6, 83.8%, 60.4%)
CMYK20.1%, 83.8%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,067,482
CSS custom property--colour: #7B199A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07239WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.58:1
Contrast with white8.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#84E665

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00479Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#154F97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Tritanopia#79395Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 10.9Purple · ΔE 12.3Indigo · ΔE 14.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 15Dark orchid · ΔE 17.6Medium orchid · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 10.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#389A19
Analogous#3B199A, #9A1978
Triadic#9A7B19, #199A7B
Split complementary#789A19, #199A3B
Tetradic#9A3B19, #389A19, #19789A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D792ED
Lighter +30%#C766E6
Lighter +20%#B73ADF
Lighter +10%#9E20C6
Darker −10%#58126E
Darker −20%#350B42
Darker −30%#120416
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8703B0
Less saturated −25%#6F2F84

Channel breakdown

R123
G25
B154
Red123 (48.2%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue285.58°
Saturation (HSL)72.07%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 19 · B 9A

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