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Recognised as Colour

#7B28BD

  • #7B28BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7B28BD is a violet with RGB values 123, 40, 189 and HSL 273°, 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

#7B28BD#7B28BD
HEX#7B28BD
RGBrgb(123, 40, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.1569, 0.7412
RGB percentages48.2%, 15.7%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(273.4, 65.1%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.4, 78.8%, 74.1%)
CMYK34.9%, 78.8%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,071,357
CSS custom property--colour: #7B28BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09403WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.29:1
Contrast with white7.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#84D742

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0055C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Tritanopia#6E5073no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.5Blue violet · ΔE 16.6Dark violet · ΔE 18.1Indigo · ΔE 20.5Medium orchid · ΔE 22.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6ABD28
Analogous#3128BD, #BD28B4
Triadic#BD7B28, #28BD7B
Split complementary#B4BD28, #28BD31
Tetradic#BD3128, #6ABD28, #28B4BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBBFF2
Lighter +30%#C495E9
Lighter +20%#AC6BE0
Lighter +10%#9541D7
Darker −10%#601F93
Darker −20%#441669
Darker −30%#290D3F
Darker −40%#0D0415
More saturated +25%#7E0BDA
Less saturated −25%#7845A0

Channel breakdown

R123
G40
B189
Red123 (48.2%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue273.42°
Saturation (HSL)65.07%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 28 · B BD

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