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Recognised as Colour

#7F4AAA

  • #7F4AAA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7F4AAA is a violet with RGB values 127, 74, 170 and HSL 273°, 39%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7F4AAA#7F4AAA
HEX#7F4AAA
RGBrgb(127, 74, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.2902, 0.6667
RGB percentages49.8%, 29%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(273.1, 39.3%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.1, 56.5%, 66.7%)
CMYK25.3%, 56.5%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,342,186
CSS custom property--colour: #7F4AAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.07:1
Contrast with white6.07:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#80B555

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2960ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3C63A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#785C73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.9Medium purple · ΔE 15.5Slate blue · ΔE 15.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.3Medium orchid · ΔE 22.3Purple · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75AA4A
Analogous#4F4AAA, #AA4AA5
Triadic#AA7F4A, #4AAA7F
Split complementary#A5AA4A, #4AAA4F
Tetradic#AA4F4A, #75AA4A, #4AA5AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1D4EC
Lighter +30%#C9B0DD
Lighter +20%#B08DCD
Lighter +10%#9869BE
Darker −10%#643B86
Darker −20%#4A2B63
Darker −30%#2F1C3F
Darker −40%#150C1C
More saturated +25%#822BC8
Less saturated −25%#7C698B

Channel breakdown

R127
G74
B170
Red127 (49.8%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue273.13°
Saturation (HSL)39.34%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G 4A · B AA

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