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Recognised as Colour

#7E16BD

  • #7E16BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7E16BD is a violet with RGB values 126, 22, 189 and HSL 277°, 79%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#7E16BD#7E16BD
HEX#7E16BD
RGBrgb(126, 22, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.0863, 0.7412
RGB percentages49.4%, 8.6%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(277.4, 79.1%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.4, 88.4%, 74.1%)
CMYK33.3%, 88.4%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,263,357
CSS custom property--colour: #7E16BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.67:1
Contrast with white7.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#81E942

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Tritanopia#734970no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.2Dark violet · ΔE 12.5Blue violet · ΔE 12.8Indigo · ΔE 23.6Medium orchid · ΔE 26Dark magenta · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#55BD16
Analogous#2B16BD, #BD16A8
Triadic#BD7E16, #16BD7E
Split complementary#A8BD16, #16BD2B
Tetradic#BD2B16, #55BD16, #16A8BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9AAF5
Lighter +30%#C47CF0
Lighter +20%#B04FEA
Lighter +10%#9B21E5
Darker −10%#60118F
Darker −20%#410B62
Darker −30%#230634
Darker −40%#040106
More saturated +25%#8300D3
Less saturated −25%#7830A3

Channel breakdown

R126
G22
B189
Red126 (49.4%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue277.37°
Saturation (HSL)79.15%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 16 · B BD

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