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Recognised as Colour

#7E72FE

  • #7E72FE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#7E72FE is a blue with RGB values 126, 114, 254 and HSL 245°, 99%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#7E72FE#7E72FE
HEX#7E72FE
RGBrgb(126, 114, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4471, 0.9961
RGB percentages49.4%, 44.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(245.1, 98.6%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.1, 55.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK50.4%, 55.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,286,974
CSS custom property--colour: #7E72FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.73:1
Contrast with white3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#818D01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#128AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0081FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#4C92ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 4.8Slate blue · ΔE 15.6Royal blue · ΔE 16.7Medium purple · ΔE 18.8Medium orchid · ΔE 28.2Dark orchid · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 4.77, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2FE72
Analogous#72ACFE, #C472FE
Triadic#FE7E72, #72FE7E
Split complementary#FEC472, #ACFE72
Tetradic#FE72AC, #F2FE72, #72FEC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBD7FF
Lighter +10%#ACA5FE
Darker −10%#503FFE
Darker −20%#210DFD
Darker −30%#1402D5
Darker −40%#0F01A3
More saturated +25%#7D71FF
Less saturated −25%#8D84EC

Channel breakdown

R126
G114
B254
Red126 (49.4%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue245.14°
Saturation (HSL)98.59%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 72 · B FE

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