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Recognised as Colour

#7902DB

  • #7902DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7902DB is a violet with RGB values 121, 2, 219 and HSL 273°, 98%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7902DB#7902DB
HEX#7902DB
RGBrgb(121, 2, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0078, 0.8588
RGB percentages47.5%, 0.8%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(272.9, 98.2%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.9, 99.1%, 85.9%)
CMYK44.7%, 99.1%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,930,587
CSS custom property--colour: #7902DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09223WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.38:1
Contrast with white7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#86FD24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0053D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5F5580no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.5Dark violet · ΔE 10.6Medium blue · ΔE 17.7Dark orchid · ΔE 23.5Blue · ΔE 28.2Dark blue · ΔE 34.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64DB02
Analogous#0D02DB, #DB02D0
Triadic#DB7902, #02DB79
Split complementary#D0DB02, #02DB0D
Tetradic#DB0D02, #64DB02, #02D0DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9ABFE
Lighter +30%#C178FE
Lighter +20%#AA46FD
Lighter +10%#9313FD
Darker −10%#5D02A8
Darker −20%#410176
Darker −30%#250143
Darker −40%#090011
More saturated +25%#7900DD
Less saturated −25%#761EBF

Channel breakdown

R121
G2
B219
Red121 (47.5%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue272.9°
Saturation (HSL)98.19%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 02 · B DB

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