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Recognised as Colour

#7D299A

  • #7D299A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7D299A is a violet with RGB values 125, 41, 154 and HSL 285°, 58%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7D299A#7D299A
HEX#7D299A
RGBrgb(125, 41, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.1608, 0.6039
RGB percentages49%, 16.1%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(284.6, 57.9%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.6, 73.4%, 60.4%)
CMYK18.8%, 73.4%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,202,650
CSS custom property--colour: #7D299A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08279WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.91:1
Contrast with white7.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#82D665

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004C9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#275497no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7B415Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.3Purple · ΔE 11.5Dark magenta · ΔE 11.7Indigo · ΔE 16.4Medium orchid · ΔE 20.2Dark orchid · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#469A29
Analogous#45299A, #9A297E
Triadic#9A7D29, #299A7D
Split complementary#7E9A29, #299A45
Tetradic#9A4529, #469A29, #297E9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7A7E8
Lighter +30%#C57FDD
Lighter +20%#B357D2
Lighter +10%#9E34C2
Darker −10%#5C1E72
Darker −20%#3C1449
Darker −30%#1B0921
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8911B2
Less saturated −25%#714182

Channel breakdown

R125
G41
B154
Red125 (49%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue284.6°
Saturation (HSL)57.95%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 29 · B 9A

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