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Recognised as Colour

#7B56CA

  • #7B56CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#7B56CA is a violet with RGB values 123, 86, 202 and HSL 259°, 52%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#7B56CA#7B56CA
HEX#7B56CA
RGBrgb(123, 86, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.3373, 0.7922
RGB percentages48.2%, 33.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(259.1, 52.3%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 57.4%, 79.2%)
CMYK39.1%, 57.4%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,083,146
CSS custom property--colour: #7B56CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.22:1
Contrast with white5.22:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#84A935

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#146ECEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#256BC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#676F88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 5.9Medium purple · ΔE 11.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 12Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.3Royal blue · ΔE 18.2Medium orchid · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 5.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5CA56
Analogous#566BCA, #B556CA
Triadic#CA7B56, #56CA7B
Split complementary#CAB556, #6BCA56
Tetradic#CA566B, #A5CA56, #56CAB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F1FB
Lighter +30%#D6CAEF
Lighter +20%#B8A4E2
Lighter +10%#997DD6
Darker −10%#6039B4
Darker −20%#4B2C8E
Darker −30%#372067
Darker −40%#221440
More saturated +25%#713AE6
Less saturated −25%#8572AE

Channel breakdown

R123
G86
B202
Red123 (48.2%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue259.14°
Saturation (HSL)52.25%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 56 · B CA

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