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Recognised as Colour

#7C61BA

  • #7C61BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#7C61BA is a violet with RGB values 124, 97, 186 and HSL 258°, 39%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#7C61BA#7C61BA
HEX#7C61BA
RGBrgb(124, 97, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.3804, 0.7294
RGB percentages48.6%, 38%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(258.2, 39.2%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.2, 47.8%, 72.9%)
CMYK33.3%, 47.8%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,151,482
CSS custom property--colour: #7C61BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1638WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1
Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#839E45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4371BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#486FB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6E7285no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.8Slate blue · ΔE 15.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.3Royal blue · ΔE 22.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FBA61
Analogous#6172BA, #A961BA
Triadic#BA7C61, #61BA7C
Split complementary#BAA961, #72BA61
Tetradic#BA6172, #9FBA61, #61BAA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2EFF8
Lighter +30%#D4CBE9
Lighter +20%#B7A8D9
Lighter +10%#9984CA
Darker −10%#6247A1
Darker −20%#4D377E
Darker −30%#37285A
Darker −40%#211837
More saturated +25%#7145D6
Less saturated −25%#877D9E

Channel breakdown

R124
G97
B186
Red124 (48.6%)
Green97 (38%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue258.2°
Saturation (HSL)39.21%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G 61 · B BA

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