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Recognised as Colour

#7F2DE9

  • #7F2DE9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7F2DE9 is a violet with RGB values 127, 45, 233 and HSL 266°, 81%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7F2DE9#7F2DE9
HEX#7F2DE9
RGBrgb(127, 45, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.1765, 0.9137
RGB percentages49.8%, 17.6%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(266.2, 81%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.2, 80.7%, 91.4%)
CMYK45.5%, 80.7%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,334,825
CSS custom property--colour: #7F2DE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.08:1
Contrast with white6.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#80D216

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Tritanopia#61648Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5Dark violet · ΔE 11.9Dark orchid · ΔE 20.1Medium blue · ΔE 20.5Blue · ΔE 31.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 4.99, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97E92D
Analogous#2D39E9, #DD2DE9
Triadic#E97F2D, #2DE97F
Split complementary#E9DD2D, #39E92D
Tetradic#E92D39, #97E92D, #2DE9DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0E6FC
Lighter +30%#D3B7F8
Lighter +20%#B789F3
Lighter +10%#9B5BEE
Darker −10%#6616CD
Darker −20%#4F119F
Darker −30%#380C71
Darker −40%#210743
More saturated +25%#7C17FF
Less saturated −25%#834ACC

Channel breakdown

R127
G45
B233
Red127 (49.8%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue266.17°
Saturation (HSL)81.03%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G 2D · B E9

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