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Recognised as Colour

#7D2C8F

  • #7D2C8F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7D2C8F is a violet with RGB values 125, 44, 143 and HSL 289°, 53%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7D2C8F#7D2C8F
HEX#7D2C8F
RGBrgb(125, 44, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.1725, 0.5608
RGB percentages49%, 17.3%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(289.1, 52.9%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.1, 69.2%, 56.1%)
CMYK12.6%, 69.2%, 0%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,203,407
CSS custom property--colour: #7D2C8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08145WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.99:1
Contrast with white7.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#82D370

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#054B92no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#34538Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7D3E5Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.7Purple · ΔE 10.9Dark magenta · ΔE 13.4Indigo · ΔE 20.3Medium orchid · ΔE 23.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E8F2C
Analogous#4C2C8F, #8F2C70
Triadic#8F7D2C, #2C8F7D
Split complementary#6F8F2C, #2C8F4C
Tetradic#8F4C2C, #3E8F2C, #2C6F8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8A4E3
Lighter +30%#C77DD7
Lighter +20%#B656CB
Lighter +10%#9F38B6
Darker −10%#5B2068
Darker −20%#391441
Darker −30%#17081A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8C15A6
Less saturated −25%#6E4378

Channel breakdown

R125
G44
B143
Red125 (49%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue289.09°
Saturation (HSL)52.94%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 2C · B 8F

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