Recognised as Colour

#7F6D99

#7F6D99
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#7F6D99 is a violet with RGB values 127, 109, 153 and HSL 265°, 18%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#7F6D99#7F6D99

HEX#7F6D99

RGBrgb(127, 109, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.4275, 0.6

RGB percentages49.8%, 42.7%, 60%

HSLhsl(264.5, 17.7%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.5, 28.8%, 60%)

CMYK17%, 28.8%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,351,129

CSS custom property--colour: #7F6D99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17749WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.62:1

Contrast with white4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#747474

Inverted#809266

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#64749Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#677598no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Tritanopia#7B737Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 21.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 22.2 Steel blue · ΔE 23.3 Gray · ΔE 27.1 Dim grey · ΔE 27.2 Plum · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 21.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#87996D

Analogous#6D7199, #956D99

Triadic#997F6D, #6D997F

Split complementary#99956D, #71996D

Tetradic#996D71, #87996D, #6D9995

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8E5ED

Lighter +30%#CEC7D8

Lighter +20%#B4A9C3

Lighter +10%#998BAE

Darker −10%#66577C

Darker −20%#4D425E

Darker −30%#352D40

Darker −40%#1C1822

More saturated +25%#794EB8

Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R127

G109

B153

Red127 (49.8%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue264.55°

Saturation (HSL)17.74%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7F · G 6D · B 99

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