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Recognised as Colour

#7F59BC

  • #7F59BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#7F59BC is a violet with RGB values 127, 89, 188 and HSL 263°, 42%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#7F59BC#7F59BC
HEX#7F59BC
RGBrgb(127, 89, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.349, 0.7373
RGB percentages49.8%, 34.9%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(263, 42.5%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263, 52.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK32.4%, 52.7%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,346,044
CSS custom property--colour: #7F59BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15288WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.18:1
Contrast with white5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#80A643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#346DBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F6CBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Tritanopia#726C82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.6Slate blue · ΔE 11.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.1Royal blue · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96BC59
Analogous#5965BC, #B059BC
Triadic#BC7F59, #59BC7F
Split complementary#BCB159, #64BC59
Tetradic#BC5965, #96BC59, #59BCB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFEAF7
Lighter +30%#D3C6E8
Lighter +20%#B7A2D9
Lighter +10%#9B7DCB
Darker −10%#6641A1
Darker −20%#4F327D
Darker −30%#382458
Darker −40%#211534
More saturated +25%#783CD9
Less saturated −25%#86769F

Channel breakdown

R127
G89
B188
Red127 (49.8%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue263.03°
Saturation (HSL)42.49%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G 59 · B BC

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