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Colour

#7C2D9D

  • #7C2D9D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7C2D9D is a violet with RGB values 124, 45, 157 and HSL 282°, 55%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7C2D9D#7C2D9D
HEX#7C2D9D
RGBrgb(124, 45, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.1765, 0.6157
RGB percentages48.6%, 17.6%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(282.3, 55.4%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.3, 71.3%, 61.6%)
CMYK21%, 71.3%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,138,141
CSS custom property--colour: #7C2D9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.72:1
Contrast with white7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#83D262

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004EA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#26559Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Tritanopia#794462no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.1Purple · ΔE 13Dark magenta · ΔE 13.3Indigo · ΔE 16.6Medium orchid · ΔE 20Dark orchid · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E9D2D
Analogous#442D9D, #9D2D86
Triadic#9D7C2D, #2D9D7C
Split complementary#869D2D, #2D9D44
Tetradic#9D442D, #4E9D2D, #2D869D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7AEE8
Lighter +30%#C387DC
Lighter +20%#AF5FD1
Lighter +10%#9B38C5
Darker −10%#5D2275
Darker −20%#3D164E
Darker −30%#1E0B26
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8614B6
Less saturated −25%#724684

Channel breakdown

R124
G45
B157
Red124 (48.6%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue282.32°
Saturation (HSL)55.45%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G 2D · B 9D

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