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Recognised as Colour

#7C78EC

  • #7C78EC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#7C78EC is a blue with RGB values 124, 120, 236 and HSL 242°, 75%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#7C78EC#7C78EC
HEX#7C78EC
RGBrgb(124, 120, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.4706, 0.9255
RGB percentages48.6%, 47.1%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(242.1, 75.3%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.1, 49.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK47.5%, 49.2%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,157,420
CSS custom property--colour: #7C78EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23774WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#838713

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#438AF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3C82E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5491A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.9Slate blue · ΔE 11.5Royal blue · ΔE 11.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8EC78
Analogous#78AEEC, #B678EC
Triadic#EC7C78, #78EC7C
Split complementary#ECB678, #AEEC78
Tetradic#EC78AE, #E8EC78, #78ECB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFF
Lighter +20%#D3D1F9
Lighter +10%#A7A5F2
Darker −10%#514BE6
Darker −20%#261FDF
Darker −30%#1E19B2
Darker −40%#171385
More saturated +25%#6A65FF
Less saturated −25%#8E8BD9

Channel breakdown

R124
G120
B236
Red124 (48.6%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue242.07°
Saturation (HSL)75.32%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G 78 · B EC

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