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Recognised as Colour

#7F7BE6

  • #7F7BE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#7F7BE6 is a blue with RGB values 127, 123, 230 and HSL 242°, 68%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#7F7BE6#7F7BE6
HEX#7F7BE6
RGBrgb(127, 123, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.4824, 0.902
RGB percentages49.8%, 48.2%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(242.2, 68.2%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.2, 46.5%, 90.2%)
CMYK44.8%, 46.5%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,354,790
CSS custom property--colour: #7F7BE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24391WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#808419

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F8BEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A84E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5D91A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.3Slate blue · ΔE 14Royal blue · ΔE 14.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2E67B
Analogous#7BACE6, #B57BE6
Triadic#E67F7B, #7BE67F
Split complementary#E6B47B, #ADE67B
Tetradic#E67BAC, #E2E67B, #7BE6B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFCFE
Lighter +20%#D2D1F6
Lighter +10%#A9A6EE
Darker −10%#5550DE
Darker −20%#2E28D3
Darker −30%#2520A8
Darker −40%#1C187D
More saturated +25%#6D67FA
Less saturated −25%#918FD2

Channel breakdown

R127
G123
B230
Red127 (49.8%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue242.24°
Saturation (HSL)68.15%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G 7B · B E6

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