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Recognised as Colour

#7E00BC

  • #7E00BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#7E00BC is a violet with RGB values 126, 0, 188 and HSL 280°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#7E00BC#7E00BC
HEX#7E00BC
RGBrgb(126, 0, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0, 0.7373
RGB percentages49.4%, 0%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(280.2, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.2, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK33%, 100%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,257,724
CSS custom property--colour: #7E00BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08066WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.04:1
Contrast with white8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#81FF43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Tritanopia#73446Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.9Dark orchid · ΔE 11.8Blue violet · ΔE 11.9Indigo · ΔE 25.7Medium blue · ΔE 27.2Dark blue · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3EBC00
Analogous#2000BC, #BC009C
Triadic#BC7E00, #00BC7E
Split complementary#9CBC00, #00BC20
Tetradic#BC2000, #3EBC00, #009CBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D889FF
Lighter +30%#C756FF
Lighter +20%#B623FF
Lighter +10%#A000EF
Darker −10%#5C0089
Darker −20%#3A0056
Darker −30%#170023
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7E00BC
Less saturated −25%#7618A5

Channel breakdown

R126
G0
B188
Red126 (49.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue280.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 00 · B BC

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