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Recognised as Colour

#7B3BE5

  • #7B3BE5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7B3BE5 is a violet with RGB values 123, 59, 229 and HSL 263°, 77%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7B3BE5#7B3BE5
HEX#7B3BE5
RGBrgb(123, 59, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.2314, 0.898
RGB percentages48.2%, 23.1%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(262.6, 76.6%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.6, 74.2%, 89.8%)
CMYK46.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,076,261
CSS custom property--colour: #7B3BE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12996WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.83:1
Contrast with white5.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#84C41A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5B698Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.7Dark violet · ΔE 15.4Dark orchid · ΔE 15.8Medium blue · ΔE 24.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.3Medium orchid · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5E53B
Analogous#3B50E5, #D03BE5
Triadic#E57B3B, #3BE57B
Split complementary#E5D03B, #50E53B
Tetradic#E53B50, #A5E53B, #3BE5D0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4EFFD
Lighter +30%#D6C2F7
Lighter +20%#B895F1
Lighter +10%#9968EB
Darker −10%#601CD1
Darker −20%#4B16A4
Darker −30%#371077
Darker −40%#220A4A
More saturated +25%#7521FF
Less saturated −25%#8257C9

Channel breakdown

R123
G59
B229
Red123 (48.2%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue262.59°
Saturation (HSL)76.58%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 3B · B E5

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