Recognised as Colour

#7E70CB

#7E70CB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#7E70CB is a blue with RGB values 126, 112, 203 and HSL 249°, 47%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#7E70CB

RGBrgb(126, 112, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4392, 0.7961

RGB percentages49.4%, 43.9%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(249.2, 46.7%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(249.2, 44.8%, 79.6%)

CMYK37.9%, 44.8%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,286,411

CSS custom property--colour: #7E70CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20336WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.07:1

Contrast with white4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#818F34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#507FCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#507AC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original

Tritanopia#6A8294no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.1 Slate blue · ΔE 16.7 Royal blue · ΔE 20.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BDCB70

Analogous#708FCB, #AC70CB

Triadic#CB7E70, #70CB7E

Split complementary#CBAC70, #8FCB70

Tetradic#CB708F, #BDCB70, #70CBAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E3E0F4

Lighter +20%#C1BBE6

Lighter +10%#A095D9

Darker −10%#5C4BBD

Darker −20%#48399C

Darker −30%#372B77

Darker −40%#261E51

More saturated +25%#6D58E3

Less saturated −25%#8F88B3

Channel breakdown

R126

G112

B203

Red126 (49.4%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue249.23°

Saturation (HSL)46.67%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7E · G 70 · B CB

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