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Recognised as Colour

#7D29A6

  • #7D29A6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7D29A6 is a violet with RGB values 125, 41, 166 and HSL 280°, 60%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7D29A6#7D29A6
HEX#7D29A6
RGBrgb(125, 41, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.1608, 0.651
RGB percentages49%, 16.1%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(280.3, 60.4%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 75.3%, 65.1%)
CMYK24.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,202,662
CSS custom property--colour: #7D29A6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#82D659

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#1555A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Tritanopia#784666no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.2Dark magenta · ΔE 14.4Indigo · ΔE 15.6Dark orchid · ΔE 15.7Purple · ΔE 15.8Medium orchid · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 13.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#52A629
Analogous#3E29A6, #A62991
Triadic#A67D29, #29A67D
Split complementary#91A629, #29A63E
Tetradic#A63E29, #52A629, #2991A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8B0EB
Lighter +30%#C487E1
Lighter +20%#AF5ED7
Lighter +10%#9B35CD
Darker −10%#5E1F7D
Darker −20%#3F1554
Darker −30%#210B2B
Darker −40%#020102
More saturated +25%#860FC0
Less saturated −25%#74438C

Channel breakdown

R125
G41
B166
Red125 (49%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue280.32°
Saturation (HSL)60.39%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 29 · B A6

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