Recognised as Colour

#7F53EE

#7F53EE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#7F53EE is a violet with RGB values 127, 83, 238 and HSL 257°, 82%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#7F53EE

RGBrgb(127, 83, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.3255, 0.9333

RGB percentages49.8%, 32.5%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(257, 82%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257, 65.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK46.6%, 65.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,344,558

CSS custom property--colour: #7F53EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.8:1

Contrast with white4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#686868

Inverted#80AC11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0075F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#006FEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Tritanopia#5C7999no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.3 Blue violet · ΔE 17.6 Slate blue · ΔE 22.7 Dark violet · ΔE 24.4 Medium orchid · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 14.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C2EE53

Analogous#5375EE, #CC53EE

Triadic#EE7F53, #53EE7F

Split complementary#EECD53, #74EE53

Tetradic#EE5375, #C2EE53, #53EECC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E7DEFC

Lighter +20%#C4B0F7

Lighter +10%#A281F3

Darker −10%#5C25E9

Darker −20%#4714C7

Darker −30%#360F99

Darker −40%#260B6A

More saturated +25%#7842FF

Less saturated −25%#896BD6

Channel breakdown

R127

G83

B238

Red127 (49.8%)

Green83 (32.5%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue257.03°

Saturation (HSL)82.01%

Lightness62.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7F · G 53 · B EE

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