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Recognised as Colour

#7F40EA

  • #7F40EA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7F40EA is a violet with RGB values 127, 64, 234 and HSL 262°, 80%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7F40EA#7F40EA
HEX#7F40EA
RGBrgb(127, 64, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.251, 0.9176
RGB percentages49.8%, 25.1%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(262.2, 80.2%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.2, 72.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK45.7%, 72.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,339,690
CSS custom property--colour: #7F40EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.49:1
Contrast with white5.49:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#80BF15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5F6D92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.82:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.4Dark orchid · ΔE 16Dark violet · ΔE 16.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.5Medium blue · ΔE 25.6Medium orchid · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABEA40
Analogous#4056EA, #D440EA
Triadic#EA7F40, #40EA7F
Split complementary#EAD440, #56EA40
Tetradic#EA4056, #ABEA40, #40EAD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF8FE
Lighter +30%#DBCAF9
Lighter +20%#BD9CF4
Lighter +10%#9E6EEF
Darker −10%#6218DF
Darker −20%#4E13B1
Darker −30%#390E83
Darker −40%#250955
More saturated +25%#7A2BFF
Less saturated −25%#865ACF

Channel breakdown

R127
G64
B234
Red127 (49.8%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue262.24°
Saturation (HSL)80.19%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G 40 · B EA

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