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Recognised as Colour

#7C4EAC

  • #7C4EAC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7C4EAC is a violet with RGB values 124, 78, 172 and HSL 269°, 38%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7C4EAC#7C4EAC
HEX#7C4EAC
RGBrgb(124, 78, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.3059, 0.6745
RGB percentages48.6%, 30.6%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(269.4, 37.6%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.4, 54.7%, 67.5%)
CMYK27.9%, 54.7%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,146,604
CSS custom property--colour: #7C4EAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12712WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.93:1
Contrast with white5.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#83B153

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2D63AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3C64AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Tritanopia#746075no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.2Medium purple · ΔE 14.4Slate blue · ΔE 15Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.8Medium orchid · ΔE 24Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 11.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EAC4E
Analogous#4E4FAC, #AB4EAC
Triadic#AC7C4E, #4EAC7C
Split complementary#ACAB4E, #4FAC4E
Tetradic#AC4E4F, #7EAC4E, #4EACAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3D8EE
Lighter +30%#C9B5DE
Lighter +20%#AF92CE
Lighter +10%#966FBE
Darker −10%#633E89
Darker −20%#492E66
Darker −30%#301E43
Darker −40%#170E20
More saturated +25%#7B2FCB
Less saturated −25%#7D6D8D

Channel breakdown

R124
G78
B172
Red124 (48.6%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue269.36°
Saturation (HSL)37.6%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G 4E · B AC

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