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Recognised as Colour

#7C48EB

  • #7C48EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7C48EB is a violet with RGB values 124, 72, 235 and HSL 259°, 80%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7C48EB#7C48EB
HEX#7C48EB
RGBrgb(124, 72, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.2824, 0.9216
RGB percentages48.6%, 28.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(259.1, 80.3%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 69.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK47.2%, 69.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,145,131
CSS custom property--colour: #7C48EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1
Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#83B714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0068E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#597294no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.5Dark orchid · ΔE 16.3Dark violet · ΔE 19.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.2Slate blue · ΔE 27.4Medium blue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7EB48
Analogous#4866EB, #CD48EB
Triadic#EB7C48, #48EB7C
Split complementary#EBCD48, #66EB48
Tetradic#EB4866, #B7EB48, #48EBCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFD2FA
Lighter +20%#BEA4F5
Lighter +10%#9D76F0
Darker −10%#5B1AE6
Darker −20%#4914B9
Darker −30%#370F8B
Darker −40%#250A5D
More saturated +25%#7534FF
Less saturated −25%#8561D2

Channel breakdown

R124
G72
B235
Red124 (48.6%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue259.14°
Saturation (HSL)80.3%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G 48 · B EB

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