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Recognised as Colour

#7B60B8

  • #7B60B8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#7B60B8 is a violet with RGB values 123, 96, 184 and HSL 258°, 38%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#7B60B8#7B60B8
HEX#7B60B8
RGBrgb(123, 96, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.3765, 0.7216
RGB percentages48.2%, 37.6%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(258.4, 38.3%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.4, 47.8%, 72.2%)
CMYK33.2%, 47.8%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,085,688
CSS custom property--colour: #7B60B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16037WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#849F47

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4270BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#486EB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6D7183no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12.4Slate blue · ΔE 16Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.2Royal blue · ΔE 22.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DB860
Analogous#6071B8, #A760B8
Triadic#B87B60, #60B87B
Split complementary#B8A760, #71B860
Tetradic#B86071, #9DB860, #60B8A7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0EDF7
Lighter +30%#D3CAE7
Lighter +20%#B6A7D7
Lighter +10%#9883C8
Darker −10%#62479E
Darker −20%#4C377B
Darker −30%#362758
Darker −40%#201735
More saturated +25%#7043D5
Less saturated −25%#867D9B

Channel breakdown

R123
G96
B184
Red123 (48.2%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue258.41°
Saturation (HSL)38.26%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 60 · B B8

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