Colour

#7D608C

#7D608C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#7D608C is a violet with RGB values 125, 96, 140 and HSL 280°, 19%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#7D608C

RGBrgb(125, 96, 140)

RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.3765, 0.549

RGB percentages49%, 37.6%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(279.5, 18.6%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.5, 31.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK10.7%, 31.4%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,216,716

CSS custom property--colour: #7D608C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.35:1

Contrast with white5.35:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#829F73

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#59698Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#606C8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Tritanopia#7C6670no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 25.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 26.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27 Steel blue · ΔE 28.4 Dim grey · ΔE 28.4 Gray · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 25.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6F8C60

Analogous#67608C, #8C6085

Triadic#8C7D60, #608C7D

Split complementary#858C60, #608C67

Tetradic#8C6760, #6F8C60, #60858C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DED5E3

Lighter +30%#C6B7CE

Lighter +20%#AE99B9

Lighter +10%#967BA4

Darker −10%#624B6E

Darker −20%#47374F

Darker −30%#2C2231

Darker −40%#110D13

More saturated +25%#8642AA

Less saturated −25%#767676

Channel breakdown

R125

G96

B140

Red125 (49%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue279.55°

Saturation (HSL)18.64%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7D · G 60 · B 8C

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