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Recognised as Colour

#7F438D

  • #7F438D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7F438D is a violet with RGB values 127, 67, 141 and HSL 289°, 36%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7F438D#7F438D
HEX#7F438D
RGBrgb(127, 67, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.2627, 0.5529
RGB percentages49.8%, 26.3%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(288.6, 35.6%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.6, 52.5%, 55.3%)
CMYK9.9%, 52.5%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,340,365
CSS custom property--colour: #7F438D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.8:1
Contrast with white6.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#80BC72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#36578Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Deuteranopia#485D8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Tritanopia#804D61no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.4Purple · ΔE 23.5Medium purple · ΔE 25.5Dark magenta · ΔE 26.5Slate blue · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 18.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#518D43
Analogous#5A438D, #8D4376
Triadic#8D7F43, #438D7F
Split complementary#768D43, #438D5A
Tetradic#8D5A43, #518D43, #43768D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9BDDF
Lighter +30%#C59ACF
Lighter +20%#B177BF
Lighter +10%#9D55AE
Darker −10%#60336A
Darker −20%#412248
Darker −30%#221225
Darker −40%#020103
More saturated +25%#8F29A7
Less saturated −25%#6F5D73

Channel breakdown

R127
G67
B141
Red127 (49.8%)
Green67 (26.3%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue288.65°
Saturation (HSL)35.58%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G 43 · B 8D

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