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Recognised as Colour

#7B76EB

  • #7B76EB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#7B76EB is a blue with RGB values 123, 118, 235 and HSL 243°, 75%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#7B76EB#7B76EB
HEX#7B76EB
RGBrgb(123, 118, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.4627, 0.9216
RGB percentages48.2%, 46.3%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(242.6, 74.5%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.6, 49.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK47.7%, 49.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,091,371
CSS custom property--colour: #7B76EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23166WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.63:1
Contrast with white3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#848914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4088EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#3880E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#538FA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.9Slate blue · ΔE 10.7Royal blue · ΔE 11.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 11.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6EB76
Analogous#76ACEB, #B576EB
Triadic#EB7B76, #76EB7B
Split complementary#EBB576, #ACEB76
Tetradic#EB76AC, #E6EB76, #76EBB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFCFE
Lighter +20%#D1CFF8
Lighter +10%#A6A3F1
Darker −10%#5049E5
Darker −20%#2820DB
Darker −30%#2019AF
Darker −40%#181382
More saturated +25%#6962FF
Less saturated −25%#8D8AD7

Channel breakdown

R123
G118
B235
Red123 (48.2%)
Green118 (46.3%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue242.56°
Saturation (HSL)74.52%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 76 · B EB

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