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Recognised as Colour

#7B50CE

  • #7B50CE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#7B50CE is a violet with RGB values 123, 80, 206 and HSL 260°, 56%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#7B50CE#7B50CE
HEX#7B50CE
RGBrgb(123, 80, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.3137, 0.8078
RGB percentages48.2%, 31.4%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(260.5, 56.3%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.5, 61.2%, 80.8%)
CMYK40.3%, 61.2%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,081,614
CSS custom property--colour: #7B50CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.41:1
Contrast with white5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#84AF31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BD2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0468CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Tritanopia#666C87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 9.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.7Medium purple · ΔE 16.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.1Dark orchid · ΔE 19.5Medium orchid · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 9.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3CE50
Analogous#5064CE, #BA50CE
Triadic#CE7B50, #50CE7B
Split complementary#CEBA50, #64CE50
Tetradic#CE5064, #A3CE50, #50CEBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3EFFB
Lighter +30%#D5C8EF
Lighter +20%#B7A0E4
Lighter +10%#9978D9
Darker −10%#6133B8
Darker −20%#4C2890
Darker −30%#371D68
Darker −40%#221240
More saturated +25%#7234EA
Less saturated −25%#846CB2

Channel breakdown

R123
G80
B206
Red123 (48.2%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue260.48°
Saturation (HSL)56.25%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 50 · B CE

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