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Recognised as Colour

#7901CA

  • #7901CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#7901CA is a violet with RGB values 121, 1, 202 and HSL 276°, 99%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#7901CA#7901CA
HEX#7901CA
RGBrgb(121, 1, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0039, 0.7922
RGB percentages47.5%, 0.4%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(275.8, 99%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.8, 99.5%, 79.2%)
CMYK40.1%, 99.5%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,930,314
CSS custom property--colour: #7901CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08351WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.86:1
Contrast with white7.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#86FE35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Tritanopia#674C76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.5Blue violet · ΔE 7.8Dark orchid · ΔE 17Medium blue · ΔE 21.1Dark blue · ΔE 29.4Indigo · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#52CA01
Analogous#1501CA, #CA01B6
Triadic#CA7901, #01CA79
Split complementary#B6CA01, #01CA15
Tetradic#CA1501, #52CA01, #01B6CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D599FE
Lighter +30%#C166FE
Lighter +20%#AC33FE
Lighter +10%#9701FD
Darker −10%#5B0197
Darker −20%#3C0065
Darker −30%#1E0032
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7900CB
Less saturated −25%#741AB1

Channel breakdown

R121
G1
B202
Red121 (47.5%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue275.82°
Saturation (HSL)99.01%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 01 · B CA

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