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Colour

#7C59BE

  • #7C59BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#7C59BE is a violet with RGB values 124, 89, 190 and HSL 261°, 44%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#7C59BE#7C59BE
HEX#7C59BE
RGBrgb(124, 89, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.349, 0.7451
RGB percentages48.6%, 34.9%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(260.8, 43.7%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.8, 53.2%, 74.5%)
CMYK34.7%, 53.2%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,149,438
CSS custom property--colour: #7C59BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.21:1
Contrast with white5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#83A641

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#316DC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#3A6BBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#6D6D83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.3Slate blue · ΔE 9.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.3Royal blue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BBE59
Analogous#5969BE, #AE59BE
Triadic#BE7C59, #59BE7C
Split complementary#BEAF59, #68BE59
Tetradic#BE5969, #9BBE59, #59BEAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0ECF7
Lighter +30%#D3C7E9
Lighter +20%#B6A2DB
Lighter +10%#997ECC
Darker −10%#6340A4
Darker −20%#4D327F
Darker −30%#37235B
Darker −40%#201536
More saturated +25%#733CDB
Less saturated −25%#8576A1

Channel breakdown

R124
G89
B190
Red124 (48.6%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue260.79°
Saturation (HSL)43.72%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G 59 · B BE

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