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Recognised as Colour

#7C57C9

  • #7C57C9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#7C57C9 is a violet with RGB values 124, 87, 201 and HSL 259°, 51%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#7C57C9#7C57C9
HEX#7C57C9
RGBrgb(124, 87, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.3412, 0.7882
RGB percentages48.6%, 34.1%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(259.5, 51.4%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.5, 56.7%, 78.8%)
CMYK38.3%, 56.7%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,148,937
CSS custom property--colour: #7C57C9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.17:1
Contrast with white5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#83A836

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1C6ECDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#2A6BC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Tritanopia#696F88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 5.9Medium purple · ΔE 10.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.1Royal blue · ΔE 18.2Medium orchid · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 5.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4C957
Analogous#576BC9, #B557C9
Triadic#C97C57, #57C97C
Split complementary#C9B557, #6BC957
Tetradic#C9576B, #A4C957, #57C9B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F1FB
Lighter +30%#D6CBEE
Lighter +20%#B8A4E2
Lighter +10%#9A7ED5
Darker −10%#613AB3
Darker −20%#4C2D8D
Darker −30%#372166
Darker −40%#221440
More saturated +25%#723BE5
Less saturated −25%#8673AD

Channel breakdown

R124
G87
B201
Red124 (48.6%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue259.47°
Saturation (HSL)51.35%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G 57 · B C9

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