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Recognised as Colour

#7B248D

  • #7B248D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#7B248D is a violet with RGB values 123, 36, 141 and HSL 290°, 59%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#7B248D#7B248D
HEX#7B248D
RGBrgb(123, 36, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.1412, 0.5529
RGB percentages48.2%, 14.1%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(289.7, 59.3%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.7, 74.5%, 55.3%)
CMYK12.8%, 74.5%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,070,285
CSS custom property--colour: #7B248D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07396WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.47:1
Contrast with white8.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#84DB72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004790no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#2E508Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Tritanopia#7B3856no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.47:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 8.6Dark magenta · ΔE 10.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.4Indigo · ΔE 18.1Medium orchid · ΔE 23.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 8.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#368D24
Analogous#47248D, #8D246A
Triadic#8D7B24, #248D7B
Split complementary#6A8D24, #248D47
Tetradic#8D4724, #368D24, #246A8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D898E5
Lighter +30%#C870DA
Lighter +20%#B947D0
Lighter +10%#9E2EB6
Darker −10%#581A64
Darker −20%#340F3C
Darker −30%#110513
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8A0EA3
Less saturated −25%#6C3A77

Channel breakdown

R123
G36
B141
Red123 (48.2%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue289.71°
Saturation (HSL)59.32%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 24 · B 8D

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