Colour

#7F47BF

#7F47BF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate blue

#7F47BF is a violet with RGB values 127, 71, 191 and HSL 268°, 48%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#7F47BF#7F47BF

HEX#7F47BF

RGBrgb(127, 71, 191)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.2784, 0.749

RGB percentages49.8%, 27.8%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(268, 48.4%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268, 62.8%, 74.9%)

CMYK33.5%, 62.8%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,341,439

CSS custom property--colour: #7F47BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1278WCAG 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 5.91:1

Contrast with white5.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#80B840

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0063C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original

Deuteranopia#1F64BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Tritanopia#72617Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 12.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.2 Medium purple · ΔE 17 Medium orchid · ΔE 17.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 12.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#87BF47

Analogous#474BBF, #BB47BF

Triadic#BF7F47, #47BF7F

Split complementary#BFBB47, #4BBF47

Tetradic#BF474B, #87BF47, #47BFBB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8DEF4

Lighter +30%#CEB9E6

Lighter +20%#B493D9

Lighter +10%#996DCC

Darker −10%#66369D

Darker −20%#4D2977

Darker −30%#351C51

Darker −40%#1C0F2B

More saturated +25%#7D28DE

Less saturated −25%#8166A0

Channel breakdown

R127

G71

B191

Red127 (49.8%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue268°

Saturation (HSL)48.39%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7F · G 47 · B BF

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