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Recognised as Colour

#7900FC

  • #7900FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#7900FC is a violet with RGB values 121, 0, 252 and HSL 269°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#7900FC#7900FC
HEX#7900FC
RGBrgb(121, 0, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0, 0.9882
RGB percentages47.5%, 0%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(268.8, 100%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.8, 100%, 98.8%)
CMYK52%, 100%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,930,108
CSS custom property--colour: #7900FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11093WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.52:1
Contrast with white6.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#86FF03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0059F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#496494no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 101 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 16.4Medium blue · ΔE 21Blue violet · ΔE 22.6Dark violet · ΔE 23.9Dark orchid · ΔE 37.7Fuchsia · ΔE 41.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 16.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83FC00
Analogous#0005FC, #F700FC
Triadic#FC7900, #00FC79
Split complementary#FCF700, #05FC00
Tetradic#FC0005, #83FC00, #00FCF7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3C9FF
Lighter +30%#C896FF
Lighter +20%#AE63FF
Lighter +10%#9330FF
Darker −10%#6100C9
Darker −20%#480096
Darker −30%#300063
Darker −40%#170030
More saturated +25%#7900FC
Less saturated −25%#7A20DD

Channel breakdown

R121
G0
B252
Red121 (47.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue268.81°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 00 · B FC

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