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Recognised as Colour

#7B2BCB

  • #7B2BCB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7B2BCB is a violet with RGB values 123, 43, 203 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

#7B2BCB#7B2BCB
HEX#7B2BCB
RGBrgb(123, 43, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.1686, 0.7961
RGB percentages48.2%, 16.9%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(270, 65%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 78.8%, 79.6%)
CMYK39.4%, 78.8%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,072,139
CSS custom property--colour: #7B2BCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.89:1
Contrast with white6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#84D434

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0059C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#69577Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.8Blue violet · ΔE 10.8Dark violet · ΔE 14.1Indigo · ΔE 25.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.6Medium orchid · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7BCB2B
Analogous#2B2BCB, #CB2BCB
Triadic#CB7B2B, #2BCB7B
Split complementary#CBCB2B, #2BCB2B
Tetradic#CB2B2B, #7BCB2B, #2BCBCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1CDF5
Lighter +30%#C7A3EC
Lighter +20%#AE79E3
Lighter +10%#944FDA
Darker −10%#6122A1
Darker −20%#481977
Darker −30%#2E104D
Darker −40%#150723
More saturated +25%#7B0CEA
Less saturated −25%#7B4AAC

Channel breakdown

R123
G43
B203
Red123 (48.2%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)65.04%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 2B · B CB

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