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Recognised as Colour

#7C34BB

  • #7C34BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7C34BB is a violet with RGB values 124, 52, 187 and HSL 272°, 56%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#7C34BB#7C34BB
HEX#7C34BB
RGBrgb(124, 52, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.2039, 0.7333
RGB percentages48.6%, 20.4%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(272, 56.5%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272, 72.2%, 73.3%)
CMYK33.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,139,963
CSS custom property--colour: #7C34BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10329WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.85:1
Contrast with white6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#83CB44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#005AB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Tritanopia#705474no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 11.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.6Indigo · ΔE 19Medium orchid · ΔE 19.2Slate blue · ΔE 20.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 11.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73BB34
Analogous#3934BB, #BB34B6
Triadic#BB7C34, #34BB7C
Split complementary#B6BB34, #34BB39
Tetradic#BB3934, #73BB34, #34B6BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFCBF0
Lighter +30%#C6A3E5
Lighter +20%#AE7BDA
Lighter +10%#9553CF
Darker −10%#622993
Darker −20%#471E6B
Darker −30%#2D1343
Darker −40%#12081B
More saturated +25%#7E16D9
Less saturated −25%#7A529D

Channel breakdown

R124
G52
B187
Red124 (48.6%)
Green52 (20.4%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue272°
Saturation (HSL)56.49%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G 34 · B BB

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