Recognised as Colour

#7D37FD

#7D37FD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7D37FD is a violet with RGB values 125, 55, 253 and HSL 261°, 98%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7D37FD#7D37FD

HEX#7D37FD

RGBrgb(125, 55, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.2157, 0.9922

RGB percentages49%, 21.6%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(261.2, 98%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.2, 78.3%, 99.2%)

CMYK50.6%, 78.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,206,333

CSS custom property--colour: #7D37FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.47:1

Contrast with white5.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#82C802

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0065F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Tritanopia#4F719Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.7 Dark violet · ΔE 17.8 Medium blue · ΔE 20.4 Blue · ΔE 26.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 26.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 36.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B7FD37

Analogous#3754FD, #E037FD

Triadic#FD7D37, #37FD7D

Split complementary#FDE037, #54FD37

Tetradic#FD3754, #B7FD37, #37FDE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DFCEFF

Lighter +20%#BF9CFE

Lighter +10%#9E69FE

Darker −10%#5C05FC

Darker −20%#4902CC

Darker −30%#370299

Darker −40%#250167

More saturated +25%#7C35FF

Less saturated −25%#8450E4

Channel breakdown

R125

G55

B253

Red125 (49%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue261.21°

Saturation (HSL)98.02%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7D · G 37 · B FD

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