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Colour

#7C38E6

  • #7C38E6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7C38E6 is a violet with RGB values 124, 56, 230 and HSL 263°, 78%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7C38E6#7C38E6
HEX#7C38E6
RGBrgb(124, 56, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.2196, 0.902
RGB percentages48.6%, 22%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(263.4, 77.7%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.4, 75.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK46.1%, 75.7%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,141,030
CSS custom property--colour: #7C38E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.89:1
Contrast with white5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#83C719

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5D688Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.2Dark violet · ΔE 14.2Dark orchid · ΔE 16.6Medium blue · ΔE 23.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.2Medium orchid · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2E638
Analogous#384BE6, #D338E6
Triadic#E67C38, #38E67C
Split complementary#E6D338, #4BE638
Tetradic#E6384B, #A2E638, #38E6D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3EDFD
Lighter +30%#D5C0F7
Lighter +20%#B893F1
Lighter +10%#9A65EC
Darker −10%#621AD1
Darker −20%#4C15A3
Darker −30%#370F76
Darker −40%#220949
More saturated +25%#771FFF
Less saturated −25%#8254CA

Channel breakdown

R124
G56
B230
Red124 (48.6%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue263.45°
Saturation (HSL)77.68%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G 38 · B E6

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