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Colour

#7F50FF

  • #7F50FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7F50FF is a violet with RGB values 127, 80, 255 and HSL 256°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7F50FF#7F50FF
HEX#7F50FF
RGBrgb(127, 80, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.3137, 1
RGB percentages49.8%, 31.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(256.1, 100%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.1, 68.6%, 100%)
CMYK50.2%, 68.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,343,807
CSS custom property--colour: #7F50FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17469WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.67:1
Contrast with white4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#80AF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0078FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0070FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#517DA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.3Dark violet · ΔE 21.5Dark orchid · ΔE 21.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 24Medium blue · ΔE 27.4Slate blue · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0FF50
Analogous#5079FF, #D650FF
Triadic#FF7F50, #50FF7F
Split complementary#FFD650, #79FF50
Tetradic#FF5079, #D0FF50, #50FFD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFE9FF
Lighter +20%#CAB6FF
Lighter +10%#A483FF
Darker −10%#5A1DFF
Darker −20%#3F00E9
Darker −30%#3100B6
Darker −40%#230083
More saturated +25%#7F50FF
Less saturated −25%#8966E9

Channel breakdown

R127
G80
B255
Red127 (49.8%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue256.11°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G 50 · B FF

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