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Recognised as Colour

#7E51FF

  • #7E51FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7E51FF is a violet with RGB values 126, 81, 255 and HSL 256°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7E51FF#7E51FF
HEX#7E51FF
RGBrgb(126, 81, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.3176, 1
RGB percentages49.4%, 31.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(255.5, 100%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.5, 68.2%, 100%)
CMYK50.6%, 68.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,278,527
CSS custom property--colour: #7E51FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.66:1
Contrast with white4.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#81AE00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0078FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0070FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#4E7EA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.8Dark orchid · ΔE 21.7Dark violet · ΔE 22Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.4Medium blue · ΔE 27.8Slate blue · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D2FF51
Analogous#517BFF, #D551FF
Triadic#FF7E51, #51FF7E
Split complementary#FFD551, #7BFF51
Tetradic#FF517B, #D2FF51, #51FFD5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFEAFF
Lighter +20%#CAB7FF
Lighter +10%#A484FF
Darker −10%#581EFF
Darker −20%#3D00EA
Darker −30%#2F00B7
Darker −40%#220084
More saturated +25%#7E51FF
Less saturated −25%#8867E9

Channel breakdown

R126
G81
B255
Red126 (49.4%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue255.52°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 51 · B FF

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