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Recognised as Colour

#7B2BC9

  • #7B2BC9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7B2BC9 is a violet with RGB values 123, 43, 201 and HSL 270°, 65%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#7B2BC9#7B2BC9
HEX#7B2BC9
RGBrgb(123, 43, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.1686, 0.7882
RGB percentages48.2%, 16.9%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(270.4, 64.8%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.4, 78.6%, 78.8%)
CMYK38.8%, 78.6%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,072,137
CSS custom property--colour: #7B2BC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10156WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.93:1
Contrast with white6.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#84D436

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0059C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Tritanopia#69567Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.3Blue violet · ΔE 11.7Dark violet · ΔE 14.8Indigo · ΔE 24.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.2Medium orchid · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79C92B
Analogous#2C2BC9, #C92BC8
Triadic#C97B2B, #2BC97B
Split complementary#C8C92B, #2BC92C
Tetradic#C92C2B, #79C92B, #2BC8C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0CCF4
Lighter +30%#C7A2EB
Lighter +20%#AE78E2
Lighter +10%#944ED9
Darker −10%#61229F
Darker −20%#481975
Darker −30%#2E104B
Darker −40%#140721
More saturated +25%#7B0CE7
Less saturated −25%#7B49AA

Channel breakdown

R123
G43
B201
Red123 (48.2%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue270.38°
Saturation (HSL)64.75%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 2B · B C9

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