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Recognised as Colour

#7B28BB

  • #7B28BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7B28BB is a violet with RGB values 123, 40, 187 and HSL 274°, 65%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#7B28BB#7B28BB
HEX#7B28BB
RGBrgb(123, 40, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.1569, 0.7333
RGB percentages48.2%, 15.7%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(273.9, 64.8%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.9, 78.6%, 73.3%)
CMYK34.2%, 78.6%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,071,355
CSS custom property--colour: #7B28BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.33:1
Contrast with white7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#84D744

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6F4F71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.7Blue violet · ΔE 17.6Dark violet · ΔE 18.9Indigo · ΔE 19.8Medium orchid · ΔE 22.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68BB28
Analogous#3228BB, #BB28B1
Triadic#BB7B28, #28BB7B
Split complementary#B1BB28, #28BB32
Tetradic#BB3228, #68BB28, #28B1BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBBEF1
Lighter +30%#C394E8
Lighter +20%#AC6ADF
Lighter +10%#9540D6
Darker −10%#5F1F91
Darker −20%#441667
Darker −30%#280D3D
Darker −40%#0C0413
More saturated +25%#7F0CD7
Less saturated −25%#77449F

Channel breakdown

R123
G40
B187
Red123 (48.2%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue273.88°
Saturation (HSL)64.76%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 28 · B BB

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