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Recognised as Colour

#7B3496

  • #7B3496
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7B3496 is a violet with RGB values 123, 52, 150 and HSL 283°, 49%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7B3496#7B3496
HEX#7B3496
RGBrgb(123, 52, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.2039, 0.5882
RGB percentages48.2%, 20.4%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(283.5, 48.5%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.5, 65.3%, 58.8%)
CMYK18%, 65.3%, 0%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,074,390
CSS custom property--colour: #7B3496;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.57:1
Contrast with white7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#84CB69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0C5099no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#335694no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Tritanopia#794660no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8Purple · ΔE 14.3Dark magenta · ΔE 16.3Indigo · ΔE 20.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.2Slate blue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4F9634
Analogous#4A3496, #963480
Triadic#967B34, #34967B
Split complementary#809634, #34964A
Tetradic#964A34, #4F9634, #348096

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6B2E4
Lighter +30%#C28CD7
Lighter +20%#AE66CA
Lighter +10%#9A41BC
Darker −10%#5C2770
Darker −20%#3D1A4A
Darker −30%#1E0D24
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#861BAF
Less saturated −25%#704D7D

Channel breakdown

R123
G52
B150
Red123 (48.2%)
Green52 (20.4%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue283.47°
Saturation (HSL)48.51%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 34 · B 96

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