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Recognised as Colour

#7E00E9

  • #7E00E9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7E00E9 is a violet with RGB values 126, 0, 233 and HSL 272°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7E00E9#7E00E9
HEX#7E00E9
RGBrgb(126, 0, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0, 0.9137
RGB percentages49.4%, 0%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(272.4, 100%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.4, 100%, 91.4%)
CMYK45.9%, 100%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,257,769
CSS custom property--colour: #7E00E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.85:1
Contrast with white6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#81FF16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0058E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Tritanopia#605B89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.9Dark violet · ΔE 14.9Medium blue · ΔE 18.7Blue · ΔE 23.7Dark orchid · ΔE 28.7Fuchsia · ΔE 38.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BE900
Analogous#0900E9, #E900E0
Triadic#E97E00, #00E97E
Split complementary#DFE900, #00E909
Tetradic#E90900, #6BE900, #00E0E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDB6FF
Lighter +30%#C683FF
Lighter +20%#AF50FF
Lighter +10%#971DFF
Darker −10%#6200B6
Darker −20%#470083
Darker −30%#2B0050
Darker −40%#10001D
More saturated +25%#7E00E9
Less saturated −25%#7C1DCC

Channel breakdown

R126
G0
B233
Red126 (49.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue272.45°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 00 · B E9

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