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Recognised as Colour

#7E66DA

  • #7E66DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#7E66DA is a blue with RGB values 126, 102, 218 and HSL 252°, 61%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#7E66DA#7E66DA
HEX#7E66DA
RGBrgb(126, 102, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4, 0.8549
RGB percentages49.4%, 40%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(252.4, 61.1%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.4, 53.2%, 85.5%)
CMYK42.2%, 53.2%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,283,866
CSS custom property--colour: #7E66DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.8:1
Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#819925

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2F7BDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3176D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#647F96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 5.6Medium purple · ΔE 7.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.8Royal blue · ΔE 14.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.9Medium orchid · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 5.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2DA66
Analogous#6688DA, #B866DA
Triadic#DA7E66, #66DA7E
Split complementary#DAB866, #88DA66
Tetradic#DA6688, #C2DA66, #66DAB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6E1F8
Lighter +20%#C3B8EE
Lighter +10%#A18FE4
Darker −10%#5B3DD0
Darker −20%#462AB0
Darker −30%#362186
Darker −40%#25175D
More saturated +25%#704EF2
Less saturated −25%#8C7EC2

Channel breakdown

R126
G102
B218
Red126 (49.4%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue252.41°
Saturation (HSL)61.05%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 66 · B DA

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