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Recognised as Colour

#7E1DB3

  • #7E1DB3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7E1DB3 is a violet with RGB values 126, 29, 179 and HSL 279°, 72%, 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

#7E1DB3#7E1DB3
HEX#7E1DB3
RGBrgb(126, 29, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.1137, 0.702
RGB percentages49.4%, 11.4%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(278.8, 72.1%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.8, 83.8%, 70.2%)
CMYK29.6%, 83.8%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,265,139
CSS custom property--colour: #7E1DB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08569WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.74:1
Contrast with white7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#81E24C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FB7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Tritanopia#76466Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.8Dark violet · ΔE 18.6Blue violet · ΔE 18.9Indigo · ΔE 19Dark magenta · ΔE 20.4Medium orchid · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#52B31D
Analogous#331DB3, #B31D9D
Triadic#B37E1D, #1DB37E
Split complementary#9DB31D, #1DB333
Tetradic#B3331D, #52B31D, #1D9DB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8ABF1
Lighter +30%#C47FEA
Lighter +20%#B053E3
Lighter +10%#9C27DC
Darker −10%#5F1687
Darker −20%#400F5B
Darker −30%#21082F
Darker −40%#020103
More saturated +25%#8603CD
Less saturated −25%#763799

Channel breakdown

R126
G29
B179
Red126 (49.4%)
Green29 (11.4%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue278.8°
Saturation (HSL)72.12%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 1D · B B3

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