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Recognised as Colour

#7B1EAD

  • #7B1EAD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7B1EAD is a violet with RGB values 123, 30, 173 and HSL 279°, 70%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#7B1EAD#7B1EAD
HEX#7B1EAD
RGBrgb(123, 30, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.1176, 0.6784
RGB percentages48.2%, 11.8%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(279, 70.4%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279, 82.7%, 67.8%)
CMYK28.9%, 82.7%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,068,781
CSS custom property--colour: #7B1EAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.98:1
Contrast with white7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#84E152

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DB1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Tritanopia#734467no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 10.8Indigo · ΔE 16.6Dark magenta · ΔE 18.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.9Purple · ΔE 20.9Medium orchid · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#50AD1E
Analogous#331EAD, #AD1E98
Triadic#AD7B1E, #1EAD7B
Split complementary#98AD1E, #1EAD33
Tetradic#AD331E, #50AD1E, #1E98AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6A7F0
Lighter +30%#C27CE8
Lighter +20%#AE50E1
Lighter +10%#9A26D8
Darker −10%#5C1682
Darker −20%#3D0F56
Darker −30%#1E072B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8305C6
Less saturated −25%#733794

Channel breakdown

R123
G30
B173
Red123 (48.2%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue279.02°
Saturation (HSL)70.44%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 1E · B AD

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