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Recognised as Colour

#7B20BE

  • #7B20BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7B20BE is a violet with RGB values 123, 32, 190 and HSL 275°, 71%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#7B20BE#7B20BE
HEX#7B20BE
RGBrgb(123, 32, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.1255, 0.7451
RGB percentages48.2%, 12.5%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(274.6, 71.2%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.6, 83.2%, 74.5%)
CMYK35.3%, 83.2%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,069,310
CSS custom property--colour: #7B20BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08962WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.52:1
Contrast with white7.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#84DF41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6E4D72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.8Blue violet · ΔE 13.9Dark violet · ΔE 14.9Indigo · ΔE 22.2Medium orchid · ΔE 24.8Dark blue · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#63BE20
Analogous#2C20BE, #BE20B2
Triadic#BE7B20, #20BE7B
Split complementary#B2BE20, #20BE2C
Tetradic#BE2C20, #63BE20, #20B2BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAB7F3
Lighter +30%#C38BEC
Lighter +20%#AC60E4
Lighter +10%#9534DD
Darker −10%#5F1992
Darker −20%#421167
Darker −30%#260A3B
Darker −40%#0A030F
More saturated +25%#7F04DA
Less saturated −25%#773CA2

Channel breakdown

R123
G32
B190
Red123 (48.2%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue274.56°
Saturation (HSL)71.17%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 20 · B BE

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