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Recognised as Colour

#7E39C8

  • #7E39C8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7E39C8 is a violet with RGB values 126, 57, 200 and HSL 269°, 57%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#7E39C8#7E39C8
HEX#7E39C8
RGBrgb(126, 57, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.2235, 0.7843
RGB percentages49.4%, 22.4%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(269, 56.5%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269, 71.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK37%, 71.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,272,328
CSS custom property--colour: #7E39C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.35:1
Contrast with white6.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#81C637

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6E5C7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.6Blue violet · ΔE 18.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.5Medium orchid · ΔE 20.3Dark violet · ΔE 21.3Slate blue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83C839
Analogous#393CC8, #C639C8
Triadic#C87E39, #39C87E
Split complementary#C8C639, #3BC839
Tetradic#C8393C, #83C839, #39C8C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6D9F4
Lighter +30%#CCB1E9
Lighter +20%#B289DE
Lighter +10%#9861D3
Darker −10%#652DA1
Darker −20%#4C2279
Darker −30%#331751
Darker −40%#1A0C29
More saturated +25%#7D19E8
Less saturated −25%#7F59A8

Channel breakdown

R126
G57
B200
Red126 (49.4%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue268.95°
Saturation (HSL)56.52%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 39 · B C8

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