Colour

#7E638A

#7E638A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#7E638A is a violet with RGB values 126, 99, 138 and HSL 282°, 16%, 46%. 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 grey.

Colour values

#7E638A#7E638A

HEX#7E638A

RGBrgb(126, 99, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.3882, 0.5412

RGB percentages49.4%, 38.8%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(281.5, 16.5%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.5, 28.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK8.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,283,018

CSS custom property--colour: #7E638A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.2:1

Contrast with white5.2:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C

Inverted#819C75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E6B8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#636D89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Tritanopia#7E6871no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 22.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.9 Dim grey · ΔE 25.4 Gray · ΔE 26.5 Steel blue · ΔE 27.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 22.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6F8A63

Analogous#6A638A, #8A6382

Triadic#8A7E63, #638A7E

Split complementary#828A63, #638A6A

Tetradic#8A6A63, #6F8A63, #63828A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFD7E2

Lighter +30%#C7B9CD

Lighter +20%#AF9BB8

Lighter +10%#977EA2

Darker −10%#634E6C

Darker −20%#48384F

Darker −30%#2D2331

Darker −40%#120E13

More saturated +25%#8945A8

Less saturated −25%#767676

Channel breakdown

R126

G99

B138

Red126 (49.4%)

Green99 (38.8%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue281.54°

Saturation (HSL)16.46%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7E · G 63 · B 8A

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