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Recognised as Colour

#7F68BB

  • #7F68BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#7F68BB is a violet with RGB values 127, 104, 187 and HSL 257°, 38%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#7F68BB#7F68BB
HEX#7F68BB
RGBrgb(127, 104, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.4078, 0.7333
RGB percentages49.8%, 40.8%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(256.6, 37.9%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.6, 44.4%, 73.3%)
CMYK32.1%, 44.4%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,349,883
CSS custom property--colour: #7F68BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.6:1
Contrast with white4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#809744

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E76BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5274B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#727788no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.8Slate blue · ΔE 19.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.9Royal blue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4BB68
Analogous#687ABB, #A968BB
Triadic#BB7F68, #68BB7F
Split complementary#BBA968, #7ABB68
Tetradic#BB687A, #A4BB68, #68BBA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F5FA
Lighter +30%#D8D1EB
Lighter +20%#BBAEDB
Lighter +10%#9D8BCB
Darker −10%#644BA5
Darker −20%#4F3B82
Darker −30%#392B5F
Darker −40%#241B3C
More saturated +25%#734DD6
Less saturated −25%#8B83A0

Channel breakdown

R127
G104
B187
Red127 (49.8%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue256.63°
Saturation (HSL)37.9%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G 68 · B BB

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