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Recognised as Colour

#7F53DD

  • #7F53DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#7F53DD is a violet with RGB values 127, 83, 221 and HSL 259°, 67%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#7F53DD#7F53DD
HEX#7F53DD
RGBrgb(127, 83, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.3255, 0.8667
RGB percentages49.8%, 32.5%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(259.1, 67%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 62.4%, 86.7%)
CMYK42.5%, 62.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,344,541
CSS custom property--colour: #7F53DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#80AC22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Tritanopia#657390no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.5Slate blue · ΔE 14.5Dark orchid · ΔE 17.1Medium purple · ΔE 20.4Medium orchid · ΔE 20.9Royal blue · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1DD53
Analogous#536CDD, #C453DD
Triadic#DD7F53, #53DD7F
Split complementary#DDC453, #6CDD53
Tetradic#DD536C, #B1DD53, #53DDC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDFF
Lighter +30%#DED3F6
Lighter +20%#BEA8EE
Lighter +10%#9F7EE5
Darker −10%#602AD3
Darker −20%#4C21A9
Darker −30%#39197E
Darker −40%#261153
More saturated +25%#7639F7
Less saturated −25%#886DC3

Channel breakdown

R127
G83
B221
Red127 (49.8%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue259.13°
Saturation (HSL)66.99%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G 53 · B DD

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