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Recognised as Colour

#7E66DD

  • #7E66DD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#7E66DD is a blue with RGB values 126, 102, 221 and HSL 252°, 64%, 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

#7E66DD#7E66DD
HEX#7E66DD
RGBrgb(126, 102, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4, 0.8667
RGB percentages49.4%, 40%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(252.1, 63.6%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.1, 53.8%, 86.7%)
CMYK43%, 53.8%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,283,869
CSS custom property--colour: #7E66DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#819922

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2A7CE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#2D76DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Tritanopia#627F98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 5.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 8.2Medium purple · ΔE 8.9Royal blue · ΔE 14.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.5Medium orchid · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 5.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5DD66
Analogous#6689DD, #BA66DD
Triadic#DD7E66, #66DD7E
Split complementary#DDBA66, #89DD66
Tetradic#DD6689, #C5DD66, #66DDBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8E3F9
Lighter +20%#C4B9F0
Lighter +10%#A190E6
Darker −10%#5B3CD4
Darker −20%#4528B5
Darker −30%#351F8B
Darker −40%#251661
More saturated +25%#704FF4
Less saturated −25%#8C7DC6

Channel breakdown

R126
G102
B221
Red126 (49.4%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue252.1°
Saturation (HSL)63.64%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 66 · B DD

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