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Recognised as Colour

#7E44E7

  • #7E44E7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7E44E7 is a violet with RGB values 126, 68, 231 and HSL 261°, 77%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7E44E7#7E44E7
HEX#7E44E7
RGBrgb(126, 68, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.2667, 0.9059
RGB percentages49.4%, 26.7%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(261.3, 77.3%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.3, 70.6%, 90.6%)
CMYK45.5%, 70.6%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,275,175
CSS custom property--colour: #7E44E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.43:1
Contrast with white5.43:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#81BB18

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5F6E91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.87:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.2Dark orchid · ΔE 14.8Dark violet · ΔE 18.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.1Medium orchid · ΔE 27.6Slate blue · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADE744
Analogous#445CE7, #CF44E7
Triadic#E77E44, #44E77E
Split complementary#E7CF44, #5CE744
Tetradic#E7445C, #ADE744, #44E7CF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBF9FE
Lighter +30%#DCCCF8
Lighter +20%#BC9EF3
Lighter +10%#9D71ED
Darker −10%#601CDC
Darker −20%#4D16AF
Darker −30%#391181
Darker −40%#250B54
More saturated +25%#772CFF
Less saturated −25%#865ECD

Channel breakdown

R126
G68
B231
Red126 (49.4%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue261.35°
Saturation (HSL)77.25%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 44 · B E7

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