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Recognised as Colour

#7C2BBA

  • #7C2BBA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7C2BBA is a violet with RGB values 124, 43, 186 and HSL 274°, 62%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#7C2BBA#7C2BBA
HEX#7C2BBA
RGBrgb(124, 43, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.1686, 0.7294
RGB percentages48.6%, 16.9%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(274, 62.4%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274, 76.9%, 72.9%)
CMYK33.3%, 76.9%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,137,658
CSS custom property--colour: #7C2BBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09558WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.21:1
Contrast with white7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#83D445

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0055BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Tritanopia#704F72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9Blue violet · ΔE 19.1Indigo · ΔE 19.2Dark violet · ΔE 20.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.9Medium orchid · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69BA2B
Analogous#342BBA, #BA2BB1
Triadic#BA7C2B, #2BBA7C
Split complementary#B1BA2B, #2BBA34
Tetradic#BA342B, #69BA2B, #2BB1BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCC0F1
Lighter +30%#C497E7
Lighter +20%#AD6EDD
Lighter +10%#9644D4
Darker −10%#602191
Darker −20%#451867
Darker −30%#290E3E
Darker −40%#0E0514
More saturated +25%#800ED7
Less saturated −25%#78489D

Channel breakdown

R124
G43
B186
Red124 (48.6%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue273.99°
Saturation (HSL)62.45%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G 2B · B BA

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