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Recognised as Colour

#7B5AA8

  • #7B5AA8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#7B5AA8 is a violet with RGB values 123, 90, 168 and HSL 265°, 31%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#7B5AA8#7B5AA8
HEX#7B5AA8
RGBrgb(123, 90, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.3529, 0.6588
RGB percentages48.2%, 35.3%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(265.4, 31%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.4, 46.4%, 65.9%)
CMYK26.8%, 46.4%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,084,136
CSS custom property--colour: #7B5AA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.43:1
Contrast with white5.43:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#84A557

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4469ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4C6AA6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#736879no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.87:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.3Medium purple · ΔE 17.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.2Slate blue · ΔE 21.5Royal blue · ΔE 28.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 15.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87A85A
Analogous#5A60A8, #A25AA8
Triadic#A87B5A, #5AA87B
Split complementary#A8A25A, #60A85A
Tetradic#A85A60, #87A85A, #5AA8A2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6E0EE
Lighter +30%#CBBEDD
Lighter +20%#B09DCB
Lighter +10%#967BBA
Darker −10%#634788
Darker −20%#4A3666
Darker −30%#322445
Darker −40%#1A1323
More saturated +25%#763AC8
Less saturated −25%#807A89

Channel breakdown

R123
G90
B168
Red123 (48.2%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue265.38°
Saturation (HSL)30.95%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 5A · B A8

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