Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#7E7DFC

  • #7E7DFC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#7E7DFC is a blue with RGB values 126, 125, 252 and HSL 240°, 95%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#7E7DFC#7E7DFC
HEX#7E7DFC
RGBrgb(126, 125, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4902, 0.9882
RGB percentages49.4%, 49%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(240.5, 95.5%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240.5, 50.4%, 98.8%)
CMYK50%, 50.4%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,289,788
CSS custom property--colour: #7E7DFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.23:1
Contrast with white3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#818203

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3E91FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#3187F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#4C99B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.8Royal blue · ΔE 12.8Medium purple · ΔE 14.1Slate blue · ΔE 14.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBFC7D
Analogous#7DBCFC, #BE7DFC
Triadic#FC7E7D, #7DFC7E
Split complementary#FCBE7D, #BBFC7D
Tetradic#FC7DBC, #FBFC7D, #7DFCBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1E1FE
Lighter +10%#AFAFFD
Darker −10%#4D4BFB
Darker −20%#1B19FA
Darker −30%#0705DB
Darker −40%#0504A9
More saturated +25%#7B7AFF
Less saturated −25%#8E8EEB

Channel breakdown

R126
G125
B252
Red126 (49.4%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue240.47°
Saturation (HSL)95.49%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 7D · B FC

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “7e7dfc” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.