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Recognised as Colour

#7E66BD

  • #7E66BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#7E66BD is a violet with RGB values 126, 102, 189 and HSL 257°, 40%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#7E66BD#7E66BD
HEX#7E66BD
RGBrgb(126, 102, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4, 0.7412
RGB percentages49.4%, 40%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(256.6, 39.7%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.6, 46%, 74.1%)
CMYK33.3%, 46%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,283,837
CSS custom property--colour: #7E66BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17612WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.64:1
Contrast with white4.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#819942

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4975C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D73BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#707688no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12.2Slate blue · ΔE 17.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.6Royal blue · ΔE 22.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5BD66
Analogous#667ABD, #A966BD
Triadic#BD7E66, #66BD7E
Split complementary#BDA966, #7ABD66
Tetradic#BD667A, #A5BD66, #66BDA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F5FA
Lighter +30%#D8D1EB
Lighter +20%#BAADDC
Lighter +10%#9C8ACC
Darker −10%#6348A8
Darker −20%#4E3984
Darker −30%#392A60
Darker −40%#241A3D
More saturated +25%#724BD8
Less saturated −25%#8A81A2

Channel breakdown

R126
G102
B189
Red126 (49.4%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue256.55°
Saturation (HSL)39.73%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 66 · B BD

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