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Recognised as Colour

#7B56FF

  • #7B56FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7B56FF is a blue with RGB values 123, 86, 255 and HSL 253°, 100%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7B56FF#7B56FF
HEX#7B56FF
RGBrgb(123, 86, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.3373, 1
RGB percentages48.2%, 33.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(253.1, 100%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253.1, 66.3%, 100%)
CMYK51.8%, 66.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,083,199
CSS custom property--colour: #7B56FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18087WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#84A900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#4781A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.3Dark orchid · ΔE 22Dark violet · ΔE 24.3Slate blue · ΔE 29.4Medium blue · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAFF56
Analogous#5686FF, #CF56FF
Triadic#FF7B56, #56FF7B
Split complementary#FFCF56, #86FF56
Tetradic#FF5686, #DAFF56, #56FFCF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3EFFF
Lighter +20%#CBBCFF
Lighter +10%#A389FF
Darker −10%#5323FF
Darker −20%#3400EF
Darker −30%#2900BC
Darker −40%#1E0089
More saturated +25%#7B56FF
Less saturated −25%#876BEA

Channel breakdown

R123
G86
B255
Red123 (48.2%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue253.14°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 56 · B FF

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