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Recognised as Colour

#7E5BC0

  • #7E5BC0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#7E5BC0 is a violet with RGB values 126, 91, 192 and HSL 261°, 44%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#7E5BC0#7E5BC0
HEX#7E5BC0
RGBrgb(126, 91, 192)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.3569, 0.7529
RGB percentages49.4%, 35.7%, 75.3%
HSLhsl(260.8, 44.5%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.8, 52.6%, 75.3%)
CMYK34.4%, 52.6%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,281,024
CSS custom property--colour: #7E5BC0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15724WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.07:1
Contrast with white5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#81A43F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#346FC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#3D6DBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6F6F85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.6Slate blue · ΔE 9.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.8Royal blue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DC05B
Analogous#5B6BC0, #B05BC0
Triadic#C07E5B, #5BC07E
Split complementary#C0B15B, #6AC05B
Tetradic#C05B6B, #9DC05B, #5BC0B1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2EEF9
Lighter +30%#D5CAEA
Lighter +20%#B8A5DC
Lighter +10%#9B80CE
Darker −10%#6440A8
Darker −20%#4E3283
Darker −30%#38245E
Darker −40%#221639
More saturated +25%#753FDC
Less saturated −25%#8777A4

Channel breakdown

R126
G91
B192
Red126 (49.4%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue192 (75.3%)
Hue260.79°
Saturation (HSL)44.49%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 5B · B C0

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