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Colour

#7900BA

  • #7900BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#7900BA is a violet with RGB values 121, 0, 186 and HSL 279°, 100%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#7900BA#7900BA
HEX#7900BA
RGBrgb(121, 0, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0, 0.7294
RGB percentages47.5%, 0%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(279, 100%, 36.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279, 100%, 72.9%)
CMYK34.9%, 100%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,930,042
CSS custom property--colour: #7900BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.33:1
Contrast with white8.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#86FF45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Deuteranopia#004EB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6D446Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.9Blue violet · ΔE 12.4Dark orchid · ΔE 12.5Indigo · ΔE 24.8Dark blue · ΔE 25.8Medium blue · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#41BA00
Analogous#1C00BA, #BA009E
Triadic#BA7900, #00BA79
Split complementary#9EBA00, #00BA1C
Tetradic#BA1C00, #41BA00, #009EBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D587FF
Lighter +30%#C354FF
Lighter +20%#B121FF
Lighter +10%#9A00ED
Darker −10%#580087
Darker −20%#370054
Darker −30%#150021
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7900BA
Less saturated −25%#7217A3

Channel breakdown

R121
G0
B186
Red121 (47.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue279.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 00 · B BA

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