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Recognised as Colour

#7E66AD

  • #7E66AD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#7E66AD is a violet with RGB values 126, 102, 173 and HSL 260°, 30%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#7E66AD#7E66AD
HEX#7E66AD
RGBrgb(126, 102, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4, 0.6784
RGB percentages49.4%, 40%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(260.3, 30.2%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.3, 41%, 67.8%)
CMYK27.2%, 41%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,283,821
CSS custom property--colour: #7E66AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.78:1
Contrast with white4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#819952

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5372B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5772ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#757281no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 19Medium purple · ΔE 20.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.5Slate blue · ΔE 25.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.7Plum · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 18.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95AD66
Analogous#6672AD, #A266AD
Triadic#AD7E66, #66AD7E
Split complementary#ADA266, #72AD66
Tetradic#AD6672, #95AD66, #66ADA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEEBF4
Lighter +30%#D2CAE2
Lighter +20%#B6A8D1
Lighter +10%#9A87BF
Darker −10%#654E92
Darker −20%#4E3C71
Darker −30%#372B4F
Darker −40%#20192E
More saturated +25%#7449CA
Less saturated −25%#888390

Channel breakdown

R126
G102
B173
Red126 (49.4%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue260.28°
Saturation (HSL)30.21%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 66 · B AD

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