Recognised as Colour

#7900FE

#7900FE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#7900FE is a violet with RGB values 121, 0, 254 and HSL 269°, 100%, 50%. 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

#7900FE#7900FE

HEX#7900FE

RGBrgb(121, 0, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0, 0.9961

RGB percentages47.5%, 0%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(268.6, 100%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.6, 100%, 99.6%)

CMYK52.4%, 100%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,930,110

CSS custom property--colour: #7900FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.47:1

Contrast with white6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#86FF01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0061FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0059FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Tritanopia#476595no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 102.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 15.9 Medium blue · ΔE 21.6 Blue violet · ΔE 23.4 Dark violet · ΔE 24.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 38.5 Fuchsia · ΔE 42.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 15.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#85FE00

Analogous#0006FE, #F800FE

Triadic#FE7900, #00FE79

Split complementary#FEF800, #06FE00

Tetradic#FE0006, #85FE00, #00FEF8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4CBFF

Lighter +30%#C998FF

Lighter +20%#AE65FF

Lighter +10%#9432FF

Darker −10%#6100CB

Darker −20%#480098

Darker −30%#300065

Darker −40%#180032

More saturated +25%#7900FE

Less saturated −25%#7B20DE

Channel breakdown

R121

B254

Red121 (47.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue268.58°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 00 · B FE

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