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Recognised as Colour

#7E57BF

  • #7E57BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#7E57BF is a violet with RGB values 126, 87, 191 and HSL 263°, 45%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#7E57BF#7E57BF
HEX#7E57BF
RGBrgb(126, 87, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.3412, 0.749
RGB percentages49.4%, 34.1%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(262.5, 44.8%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.5, 54.5%, 74.9%)
CMYK34%, 54.5%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,279,999
CSS custom property--colour: #7E57BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.25:1
Contrast with white5.25:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#81A840

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2C6CC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#386BBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Tritanopia#706C83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 9Medium purple · ΔE 9.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.8Royal blue · ΔE 20.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98BF57
Analogous#5764BF, #B257BF
Triadic#BF7E57, #57BF7E
Split complementary#BFB257, #64BF57
Tetradic#BF5764, #98BF57, #57BFB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFEBF7
Lighter +30%#D3C6E9
Lighter +20%#B7A1DB
Lighter +10%#9A7CCD
Darker −10%#653FA4
Darker −20%#4E317F
Darker −30%#37225B
Darker −40%#211436
More saturated +25%#773ADC
Less saturated −25%#8574A2

Channel breakdown

R126
G87
B191
Red126 (49.4%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue262.5°
Saturation (HSL)44.83%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 57 · B BF

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