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Recognised as Colour

#7D478E

  • #7D478E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#7D478E is a violet with RGB values 125, 71, 142 and HSL 286°, 33%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#7D478E#7D478E
HEX#7D478E
RGBrgb(125, 71, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.2784, 0.5569
RGB percentages49%, 27.8%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(285.6, 33.3%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.6, 50%, 55.7%)
CMYK12%, 50%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,210,318
CSS custom property--colour: #7D478E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10819WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.64:1
Contrast with white6.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#82B871

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3A5990no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A5E8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7D5164no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.6Medium purple · ΔE 25.4Purple · ΔE 26.1Slate blue · ΔE 28.3Dark magenta · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 17.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#588E47
Analogous#5A478E, #8E477C
Triadic#8E7D47, #478E7D
Split complementary#7C8E47, #478E59
Tetradic#8E5947, #588E47, #477C8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9C1E0
Lighter +30%#C49FCF
Lighter +20%#AE7DBE
Lighter +10%#995BAD
Darker −10%#5F366C
Darker −20%#41254A
Darker −30%#231428
Darker −40%#050306
More saturated +25%#8B2CA9
Less saturated −25%#6F6273

Channel breakdown

R125
G71
B142
Red125 (49%)
Green71 (27.8%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue285.63°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 47 · B 8E

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