Recognised as Colour

#7F7697

#7F7697
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#7F7697 is a violet with RGB values 127, 118, 151 and HSL 256°, 14%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#7F7697

RGBrgb(127, 118, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.4627, 0.5922

RGB percentages49.8%, 46.3%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(256.4, 13.7%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(256.4, 21.9%, 59.2%)

CMYK15.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,353,431

CSS custom property--colour: #7F7697;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.94:1

Contrast with white4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#808968

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F7B98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#707A96no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Tritanopia#7B7B81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 14 Light slate grey · ΔE 14.5 Gray · ΔE 19.7 Dim grey · ΔE 20.8 Steel blue · ΔE 21.4 Dark grey · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8E9776

Analogous#767E97, #907697

Triadic#977F76, #76977F

Split complementary#979076, #7E9776

Tetradic#97767E, #8E9776, #769790

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBEAEF

Lighter +30%#D0CDD9

Lighter +20%#B5B0C3

Lighter +10%#9A93AD

Darker −10%#665E7C

Darker −20%#4E485F

Darker −30%#363242

Darker −40%#1E1C25

More saturated +25%#7158B5

Less saturated −25%#878787

Channel breakdown

R127

G118

B151

Red127 (49.8%)

Green118 (46.3%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue256.36°

Saturation (HSL)13.69%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7F · G 76 · B 97

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