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Recognised as Colour

#7C1ABA

  • #7C1ABA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7C1ABA is a violet with RGB values 124, 26, 186 and HSL 277°, 75%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#7C1ABA#7C1ABA
HEX#7C1ABA
RGBrgb(124, 26, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.102, 0.7294
RGB percentages48.6%, 10.2%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(276.8, 75.5%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.8, 86%, 72.9%)
CMYK33.3%, 86%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,133,306
CSS custom property--colour: #7C1ABA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08569WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.74:1
Contrast with white7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#83E545

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0053B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Tritanopia#71496Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.8Blue violet · ΔE 14.7Dark violet · ΔE 14.7Indigo · ΔE 21.7Dark magenta · ΔE 24.6Medium orchid · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#58BA1A
Analogous#2C1ABA, #BA1AA8
Triadic#BA7C1A, #1ABA7C
Split complementary#A8BA1A, #1ABA2C
Tetradic#BA2C1A, #58BA1A, #1AA8BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8ADF3
Lighter +30%#C380ED
Lighter +20%#AE53E7
Lighter +10%#9826E1
Darker −10%#5E148D
Darker −20%#400D61
Darker −30%#230734
Darker −40%#050107
More saturated +25%#8200D4
Less saturated −25%#7634A0

Channel breakdown

R124
G26
B186
Red124 (48.6%)
Green26 (10.2%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue276.75°
Saturation (HSL)75.47%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G 1A · B BA

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