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Recognised as Colour

#7B4499

  • #7B4499
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7B4499 is a violet with RGB values 123, 68, 153 and HSL 279°, 38%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7B4499#7B4499
HEX#7B4499
RGBrgb(123, 68, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.2667, 0.6
RGB percentages48.2%, 26.7%, 60%
HSLhsl(278.8, 38.5%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.8, 55.6%, 60%)
CMYK19.6%, 55.6%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,078,489
CSS custom property--colour: #7B4499;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10645WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.71:1
Contrast with white6.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#84BB66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2D599Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F5D97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Tritanopia#785268no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.1Medium purple · ΔE 20.6Slate blue · ΔE 21.7Purple · ΔE 21.9Dark magenta · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 12.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#629944
Analogous#514499, #99448C
Triadic#997B44, #44997B
Split complementary#8C9944, #449951
Tetradic#995144, #629944, #448C99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9C4E5
Lighter +30%#C3A1D5
Lighter +20%#AC7EC5
Lighter +10%#955AB6
Darker −10%#5F3476
Darker −20%#422552
Darker −30%#26152F
Darker −40%#09050C
More saturated +25%#8328B5
Less saturated −25%#73607D

Channel breakdown

R123
G68
B153
Red123 (48.2%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue278.82°
Saturation (HSL)38.46%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 44 · B 99

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