Recognised as Colour

#7F7EE7

#7F7EE7
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#7F7EE7 is a blue with RGB values 127, 126, 231 and HSL 241°, 69%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#7F7EE7

RGBrgb(127, 126, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.4941, 0.9059

RGB percentages49.8%, 49.4%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(240.6, 68.6%, 70%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240.6, 45.5%, 90.6%)

CMYK45%, 45.5%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,355,559

CSS custom property--colour: #7F7EE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.04:1

Contrast with white3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.04:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#808118

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#548DEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#4E86E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Tritanopia#5C94A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.6 Royal blue · ΔE 15.3 Slate blue · ΔE 15.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.3 Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E6E77E

Analogous#7EB2E7, #B37EE7

Triadic#E77F7E, #7EE77F

Split complementary#E7B37E, #B2E77E

Tetradic#E77EB2, #E6E77E, #7EE7B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D4D4F7

Lighter +10%#AAA9EF

Darker −10%#5453DF

Darker −20%#2A28D7

Darker −30%#2120AC

Darker −40%#191881

More saturated +25%#6C6BFA

Less saturated −25%#9291D4

Channel breakdown

R127

G126

B231

Red127 (49.8%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue240.57°

Saturation (HSL)68.63%

Lightness70%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7F · G 7E · B E7

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