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Recognised as Colour

#7F6F8E

  • #7F6F8E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#7F6F8E is a violet with RGB values 127, 111, 142 and HSL 271°, 12%, 50%. 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

#7F6F8E#7F6F8E
HEX#7F6F8E
RGBrgb(127, 111, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.4353, 0.5569
RGB percentages49.8%, 43.5%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(271, 12.3%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271, 21.8%, 55.7%)
CMYK10.6%, 21.8%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,351,630
CSS custom property--colour: #7F6F8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17834WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.6:1
Contrast with white4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#809071

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6A748Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D758Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#7D737Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 15.6Light slate grey · ΔE 16.6Gray · ΔE 19.7Dim grey · ΔE 19.9Steel blue · ΔE 24.4Rosy brown · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 15.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E8E6F
Analogous#706F8E, #8E6F8E
Triadic#8E7F6F, #6F8E7F
Split complementary#8E8E6F, #6F8E6F
Tetradic#8E6F6F, #7E8E6F, #6F8E8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5E1E8
Lighter +30%#CBC5D1
Lighter +20%#B2A8BB
Lighter +10%#988BA5
Darker −10%#655971
Darker −20%#4C4255
Darker −30%#322C38
Darker −40%#19151C
More saturated +25%#804FAE
Less saturated −25%#7F7F7F

Channel breakdown

R127
G111
B142
Red127 (49.8%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue270.97°
Saturation (HSL)12.25%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G 6F · B 8E

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