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Recognised as Colour

#7E6E85

  • #7E6E85
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#7E6E85 is a violet with RGB values 126, 110, 133 and HSL 282°, 9%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#7E6E85#7E6E85
HEX#7E6E85
RGBrgb(126, 110, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4314, 0.5216
RGB percentages49.4%, 43.1%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(281.7, 9.5%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.7, 17.3%, 52.2%)
CMYK5.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,285,829
CSS custom property--colour: #7E6E85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.71:1
Contrast with white4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#81917A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6B7286no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E7484no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7E7076no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 13.6Light slate grey · ΔE 15Dim grey · ΔE 15.5Gray · ΔE 15.8Rosy brown · ΔE 23.5Dark grey · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 13.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75856E
Analogous#726E85, #856E81
Triadic#857E6E, #6E857E
Split complementary#81856E, #6E8572
Tetradic#85726E, #75856E, #6E8185

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1DDE2
Lighter +30%#C8C1CB
Lighter +20%#B0A5B4
Lighter +10%#97899D
Darker −10%#645769
Darker −20%#49404D
Darker −30%#2F2931
Darker −40%#141215
More saturated +25%#8A50A3
Less saturated −25%#7A7A7A

Channel breakdown

R126
G110
B133
Red126 (49.4%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue281.74°
Saturation (HSL)9.47%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 6E · B 85

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