All About Color Violet

#7F00FF

A bright, vivid purple, striking and vibrant.

About Violet

Violet is a medium purple color with the hex code #7F00FF. In RGB it is red 127, green 0, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 270°, saturation 100%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 50%, 100%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 6.28:1 on white and 3.35:1 on black.

#7F00FF Color Conversion

Hex triplet7F, 00, FF
CMYK50.20%, 100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal127, 0, 255
HSL270°, 100%, 50%
RGB Octal177, 0, 377
HSV (HSB)269.88°, 100.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary1111111, 0, 11111111
CIE-L*AB40.79, 83.11, -93.51
RGB Percent49.80%, 0.00%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH40.79, 125.10, 311.63
XYZ26.80, 11.73, 95.46
CIE-L*UV40.79, 11.32, -133.86
xyY0.20, 0.09, 11.73
Hunter-Lab34.25, 79.74, -141.26
RYB49.80%, 0.00%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#7F00FF on a dark background: contrast 3.35:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#7F00FF on a light background: contrast 6.28:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Violet, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Violet. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#7F00FF · #AD5CFF · #5200A3 · #80FF00 · #ADFF5C

Analogous palette

#007FFF · #0000FF · #7F00FF · #FF00FF · #FF0080

Triadic palette

#7F00FF · #FF8000 · #00FF80 · #AD5CFF · #FFAD5C

Tetradic palette

#7F00FF · #FF0000 · #80FF00 · #00FFFF · #5200A3

Monochromatic palette

#330066 · #5900B3 · #7F00FF · #A64DFF · #CC99FF

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