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Recognised as Colour

#7D399D

  • #7D399D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7D399D is a violet with RGB values 125, 57, 157 and HSL 281°, 47%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7D399D#7D399D
HEX#7D399D
RGBrgb(125, 57, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.2235, 0.6157
RGB percentages49%, 22.4%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(280.8, 46.7%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.8, 63.7%, 61.6%)
CMYK20.4%, 63.7%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,206,749
CSS custom property--colour: #7D399D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.13:1
Contrast with white7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#82C662

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1054A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#33599Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7A4C66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.4Purple · ΔE 15.9Dark magenta · ΔE 17.4Slate blue · ΔE 20.2Indigo · ΔE 20.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#599D39
Analogous#4B399D, #9D398B
Triadic#9D7D39, #399D7D
Split complementary#8B9D39, #399D4B
Tetradic#9D4B39, #599D39, #398B9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9BCE6
Lighter +30%#C496D9
Lighter +20%#AE71CB
Lighter +10%#994BBE
Darker −10%#5F2B78
Darker −20%#411E52
Darker −30%#24102D
Darker −40%#060307
More saturated +25%#871EB8
Less saturated −25%#735482

Channel breakdown

R125
G57
B157
Red125 (49%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue280.8°
Saturation (HSL)46.73%
Lightness41.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 39 · B 9D

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