Recognised as Colour

#7F6592

#7F6592
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#7F6592 is a violet with RGB values 127, 101, 146 and HSL 275°, 18%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#7F6592

RGBrgb(127, 101, 146)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.3961, 0.5725

RGB percentages49.8%, 39.6%, 57.3%

HSLhsl(274.7, 18.2%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.7, 30.8%, 57.3%)

CMYK13%, 30.8%, 0%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,349,074

CSS custom property--colour: #7F6592;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness115.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.03:1

Contrast with white5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E

Inverted#809A6D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D6E94no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original

Deuteranopia#637091no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Tritanopia#7D6B75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 24.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 25.4 Steel blue · ΔE 26.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.5 Dim grey · ΔE 28.5 Gray · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 24.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#789265

Analogous#686592, #92658E

Triadic#927F65, #65927F

Split complementary#8F9265, #659268

Tetradic#926865, #789265, #658F92

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2DCE7

Lighter +30%#CABED2

Lighter +20%#B1A0BD

Lighter +10%#9882A8

Darker −10%#655074

Darker −20%#4B3B56

Darker −30%#302638

Darker −40%#161219

More saturated +25%#8446B1

Less saturated −25%#7B7B7B

Channel breakdown

R127

G101

B146

Red127 (49.8%)

Green101 (39.6%)

Blue146 (57.3%)

Hue274.67°

Saturation (HSL)18.22%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7F · G 65 · B 92

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