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Recognised as Colour

#7E6E99

  • #7E6E99
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#7E6E99 is a violet with RGB values 126, 110, 153 and HSL 262°, 17%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#7E6E99#7E6E99
HEX#7E6E99
RGBrgb(126, 110, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4314, 0.6
RGB percentages49.4%, 43.1%, 60%
HSLhsl(262.3, 17.4%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.3, 28.1%, 60%)
CMYK17.6%, 28.1%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,285,849
CSS custom property--colour: #7E6E99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17887WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1
Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#819166

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#65759Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#687598no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7A747Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 20.6Light slate grey · ΔE 21.2Steel blue · ΔE 22.6Gray · ΔE 26.4Dim grey · ΔE 26.5Plum · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 20.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89996E
Analogous#6E7499, #936E99
Triadic#997E6E, #6E997E
Split complementary#99936E, #74996E
Tetradic#996E74, #89996E, #6E9993

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E6ED
Lighter +30%#CEC8D8
Lighter +20%#B3AAC3
Lighter +10%#998CAE
Darker −10%#65587C
Darker −20%#4D425F
Darker −30%#352D41
Darker −40%#1C1823
More saturated +25%#764FB8
Less saturated −25%#848484

Channel breakdown

R126
G110
B153
Red126 (49.4%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue262.33°
Saturation (HSL)17.41%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 6E · B 99

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