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Recognised as Colour

#7D169C

  • #7D169C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#7D169C is a violet with RGB values 125, 22, 156 and HSL 286°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#7D169C#7D169C
HEX#7D169C
RGBrgb(125, 22, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.0863, 0.6118
RGB percentages49%, 8.6%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(286.1, 75.3%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.1, 85.9%, 61.2%)
CMYK19.9%, 85.9%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,197,788
CSS custom property--colour: #7D169C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.51:1
Contrast with white8.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#82E963

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00479Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Deuteranopia#134F99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7B395Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 11.1Purple · ΔE 13.2Indigo · ΔE 14.9Dark orchid · ΔE 16.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.6Medium orchid · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 11.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#359C16
Analogous#3A169C, #9C1678
Triadic#9C7D16, #169C7D
Split complementary#789C16, #169C3A
Tetradic#9C3A16, #359C16, #16789C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D98FEF
Lighter +30%#CA62E9
Lighter +20%#BB35E3
Lighter +10%#A11CC9
Darker −10%#59106F
Darker −20%#350943
Darker −30%#120316
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8900B2
Less saturated −25%#712C86

Channel breakdown

R125
G22
B156
Red125 (49%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue286.12°
Saturation (HSL)75.28%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 16 · B 9C

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