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Recognised as Colour

#7E24FF

  • #7E24FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7E24FF is a violet with RGB values 126, 36, 255 and HSL 265°, 100%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7E24FF#7E24FF
HEX#7E24FF
RGBrgb(126, 36, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.1412, 1
RGB percentages49.4%, 14.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(264.7, 100%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.7, 85.9%, 100%)
CMYK50.6%, 85.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,267,007
CSS custom property--colour: #7E24FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.86:1
Contrast with white5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#81DB00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#516B99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.3Medium blue · ΔE 20.3Dark violet · ΔE 20.3Blue · ΔE 20.4Dark orchid · ΔE 32.6Fuchsia · ΔE 40.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5FF24
Analogous#2438FF, #EB24FF
Triadic#FF7E24, #24FF7E
Split complementary#FFEB24, #38FF24
Tetradic#FF2438, #A5FF24, #24FFEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F0FF
Lighter +30%#D8BDFF
Lighter +20%#BA8AFF
Lighter +10%#9C57FF
Darker −10%#6300F0
Darker −20%#4E00BD
Darker −30%#39008A
Darker −40%#240057
More saturated +25%#7E24FF
Less saturated −25%#833FE4

Channel breakdown

R126
G36
B255
Red126 (49.4%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue264.66°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 24 · B FF

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