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Recognised as Colour

#7E49FF

  • #7E49FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7E49FF is a violet with RGB values 126, 73, 255 and HSL 257°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7E49FF#7E49FF
HEX#7E49FF
RGBrgb(126, 73, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.2863, 1
RGB percentages49.4%, 28.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(257.5, 100%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.5, 71.4%, 100%)
CMYK50.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,276,479
CSS custom property--colour: #7E49FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16421WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#81B600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0074FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Tritanopia#4F7AA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.6Dark violet · ΔE 19.7Dark orchid · ΔE 22.8Medium blue · ΔE 24.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.1Blue · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAFF49
Analogous#496FFF, #D949FF
Triadic#FF7E49, #49FF7E
Split complementary#FFD949, #6FFF49
Tetradic#FF496F, #CAFF49, #49FFD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAE2FF
Lighter +20%#C6AFFF
Lighter +10%#A27CFF
Darker −10%#5A16FF
Darker −20%#4200E2
Darker −30%#3300AF
Darker −40%#24007C
More saturated +25%#7E49FF
Less saturated −25%#8760E8

Channel breakdown

R126
G73
B255
Red126 (49.4%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue257.47°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 49 · B FF

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