Colour

#7F00FA

#7F00FA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#7F00FA is a violet with RGB values 127, 0, 250 and HSL 270°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#7F00FA#7F00FA

HEX#7F00FA

RGBrgb(127, 0, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0, 0.9804

RGB percentages49.8%, 0%, 98%

HSLhsl(270.5, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.5, 100%, 98%)

CMYK49.2%, 100%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,323,322

CSS custom property--colour: #7F00FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.4:1

Contrast with white6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#80FF05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0061FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#005BF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Tritanopia#576393no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 97.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 18.4 Blue violet · ΔE 20.8 Medium blue · ΔE 21.3 Dark violet · ΔE 22 Dark orchid · ΔE 35.8 Fuchsia · ΔE 40.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 18.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7BFA00

Analogous#0200FA, #FA00F8

Triadic#FA7F00, #00FA7F

Split complementary#F8FA00, #00FA02

Tetradic#FA0200, #7BFA00, #00F8FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3C7FF

Lighter +30%#CA94FF

Lighter +20%#B161FF

Lighter +10%#982EFF

Darker −10%#6500C7

Darker −20%#4B0094

Darker −30%#310061

Darker −40%#17002E

More saturated +25%#7F00FA

Less saturated −25%#7E1FDB

Channel breakdown

R127

B250

Red127 (49.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue270.48°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7F · G 00 · B FA

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