Recognised as Colour

#7E50EF

#7E50EF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7E50EF is a violet with RGB values 126, 80, 239 and HSL 257°, 83%, 63%. 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

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HEX#7E50EF

RGBrgb(126, 80, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.3137, 0.9373

RGB percentages49.4%, 31.4%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(257.4, 83.2%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.4, 66.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK47.3%, 66.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,278,255

CSS custom property--colour: #7E50EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1

Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#81AF10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0073F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#006DECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Tritanopia#5A7799no 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 text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.2 Dark violet · ΔE 22.8 Slate blue · ΔE 24.9 Medium orchid · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C1EF50

Analogous#5072EF, #CE50EF

Triadic#EF7E50, #50EF7E

Split complementary#EFCE50, #71EF50

Tetradic#EF5071, #C1EF50, #50EFCE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E5DCFC

Lighter +20%#C3ADF8

Lighter +10%#A07FF3

Darker −10%#5C21EB

Darker −20%#4612C7

Darker −30%#360E98

Darker −40%#250A69

More saturated +25%#7740FF

Less saturated −25%#8868D7

Channel breakdown

R126

G80

B239

Red126 (49.4%)

Green80 (31.4%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue257.36°

Saturation (HSL)83.25%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7E · G 50 · B EF

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