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Recognised as Colour

#7900BC

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

#7900BC is a violet with RGB values 121, 0, 188 and HSL 279°, 100%, 37%. 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

#7900BC#7900BC
HEX#7900BC
RGBrgb(121, 0, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0, 0.7373
RGB percentages47.5%, 0%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(278.6, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.6, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK35.6%, 100%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,930,044
CSS custom property--colour: #7900BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07696WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.27:1
Contrast with white8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#86FF43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#004FB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6C456Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.2Blue violet · ΔE 11.6Dark orchid · ΔE 12.9Indigo · ΔE 25.6Medium blue · ΔE 25.6Dark blue · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#43BC00
Analogous#1B00BC, #BC00A1
Triadic#BC7900, #00BC79
Split complementary#A1BC00, #00BC1B
Tetradic#BC1B00, #43BC00, #00A1BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D589FF
Lighter +30%#C356FF
Lighter +20%#B123FF
Lighter +10%#9A00EF
Darker −10%#580089
Darker −20%#370056
Darker −30%#170023
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7900BC
Less saturated −25%#7218A5

Channel breakdown

R121
G0
B188
Red121 (47.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue278.62°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 00 · B BC

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