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Recognised as Colour

#7D29C0

  • #7D29C0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7D29C0 is a violet with RGB values 125, 41, 192 and HSL 273°, 65%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#7D29C0#7D29C0
HEX#7D29C0
RGBrgb(125, 41, 192)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.1608, 0.7529
RGB percentages49%, 16.1%, 75.3%
HSLhsl(273.4, 64.8%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.4, 78.6%, 75.3%)
CMYK34.9%, 78.6%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,202,688
CSS custom property--colour: #7D29C0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.12:1
Contrast with white7.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#82D63F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0058BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Tritanopia#705175no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.9Blue violet · ΔE 15.5Dark violet · ΔE 17.1Indigo · ΔE 21.6Medium orchid · ΔE 22.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6CC029
Analogous#3129C0, #C029B8
Triadic#C07D29, #29C07D
Split complementary#B7C029, #29C032
Tetradic#C03229, #6CC029, #29B8C0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDC3F2
Lighter +30%#C699E9
Lighter +20%#AE6FE0
Lighter +10%#9645D7
Darker −10%#622096
Darker −20%#46176C
Darker −30%#2B0E42
Darker −40%#100518
More saturated +25%#800CDD
Less saturated −25%#7A46A3

Channel breakdown

R125
G41
B192
Red125 (49%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue192 (75.3%)
Hue273.38°
Saturation (HSL)64.81%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 29 · B C0

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