Recognised as Colour

#7D66CD

#7D66CD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#7D66CD is a blue with RGB values 125, 102, 205 and HSL 253°, 51%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#7D66CD

RGBrgb(125, 102, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.4, 0.8039

RGB percentages49%, 40%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(253.4, 50.7%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(253.4, 50.2%, 80.4%)

CMYK39%, 50.2%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,218,317

CSS custom property--colour: #7D66CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.65:1

Contrast with white4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#727272

Inverted#829932

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D78D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#4074CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original

Tritanopia#687B90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.2 Slate blue · ΔE 9 Royal blue · ΔE 16.5 Medium slateblue · ΔE 17 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B6CD66

Analogous#6683CD, #B066CD

Triadic#CD7D66, #66CD7D

Split complementary#CDB166, #83CD66

Tetradic#CD6683, #B6CD66, #66CDB1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DFD9F3

Lighter +20%#BEB3E6

Lighter +10%#9E8CDA

Darker −10%#5C40C0

Darker −20%#4A329B

Darker −30%#372674

Darker −40%#25194E

More saturated +25%#6F4DE6

Less saturated −25%#8B7FB4

Channel breakdown

R125

G102

B205

Red125 (49%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue253.4°

Saturation (HSL)50.74%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7D · G 66 · B CD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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