Recognised as Colour

#7C18AE

#7C18AE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#7C18AE is a violet with RGB values 124, 24, 174 and HSL 280°, 76%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#7C18AE

RGBrgb(124, 24, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.0941, 0.6824

RGB percentages48.6%, 9.4%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(280, 75.8%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 86.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK28.7%, 86.2%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,132,782

CSS custom property--colour: #7C18AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness91.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.08:1

Contrast with white8.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#83E751

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004CB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0051ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Tritanopia#754267no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 10.1 Indigo · ΔE 17.8 Dark magenta · ΔE 19.3 Dark violet · ΔE 19.6 Blue violet · ΔE 20.2 Purple · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4AAE18

Analogous#3118AE, #AE1895

Triadic#AE7C18, #18AE7C

Split complementary#95AE18, #18AE31

Tetradic#AE3118, #4AAE18, #1895AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D7A0F2

Lighter +30%#C473EC

Lighter +20%#B146E6

Lighter +10%#9C1EDB

Darker −10%#5C1281

Darker −20%#3C0C54

Darker −30%#1C0528

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8400C6

Less saturated −25%#743195

Channel breakdown

R124

G24

B174

Red124 (48.6%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)75.76%

Lightness38.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7C · G 18 · B AE

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