Recognised as Colour

#7E37FA

#7E37FA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7E37FA is a violet with RGB values 126, 55, 250 and HSL 262°, 95%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7E37FA#7E37FA

HEX#7E37FA

RGBrgb(126, 55, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.2157, 0.9804

RGB percentages49.4%, 21.6%, 98%

HSLhsl(261.8, 95.1%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.8, 78%, 98%)

CMYK49.6%, 78%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,271,866

CSS custom property--colour: #7E37FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1407WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.51:1

Contrast with white5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#81C805

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0065F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Tritanopia#546F99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.3 Dark violet · ΔE 16.7 Medium blue · ΔE 20.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 25.2 Blue · ΔE 27.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 35.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B3FA37

Analogous#3752FA, #DF37FA

Triadic#FA7E37, #37FA7E

Split complementary#FAE037, #51FA37

Tetradic#FA3752, #B3FA37, #37FADF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FEFEFF

Lighter +30%#DECCFE

Lighter +20%#BE9BFC

Lighter +10%#9E69FB

Darker −10%#5E06F8

Darker −20%#4B05C6

Darker −30%#380494

Darker −40%#250263

More saturated +25%#7D32FF

Less saturated −25%#8551E0

Channel breakdown

R126

G55

B250

Red126 (49.4%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue261.85°

Saturation (HSL)95.12%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7E · G 37 · B FA

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