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Recognised as Colour

#7E59BD

  • #7E59BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#7E59BD is a violet with RGB values 126, 89, 189 and HSL 262°, 43%, 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 Medium purple.

Colour values

#7E59BD#7E59BD
HEX#7E59BD
RGBrgb(126, 89, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.349, 0.7412
RGB percentages49.4%, 34.9%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(262.2, 43.1%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.2, 52.9%, 74.1%)
CMYK33.3%, 52.9%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,280,509
CSS custom property--colour: #7E59BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15255WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.18:1
Contrast with white5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#81A642

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#336DC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#3D6CBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Tritanopia#706D82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.4Slate blue · ΔE 10.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.5Royal blue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98BD59
Analogous#5966BD, #B059BD
Triadic#BD7E59, #59BD7E
Split complementary#BDB059, #66BD59
Tetradic#BD5966, #98BD59, #59BDB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFEBF7
Lighter +30%#D3C6E9
Lighter +20%#B7A2DA
Lighter +10%#9A7DCC
Darker −10%#6541A2
Darker −20%#4E327E
Darker −30%#372459
Darker −40%#211535
More saturated +25%#763CDA
Less saturated −25%#8676A0

Channel breakdown

R126
G89
B189
Red126 (49.4%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue262.2°
Saturation (HSL)43.1%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 59 · B BD

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