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Recognised as Colour

#7903AE

  • #7903AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7903AE is a violet with RGB values 121, 3, 174 and HSL 281°, 97%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#7903AE#7903AE
HEX#7903AE
RGBrgb(121, 3, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0118, 0.6824
RGB percentages47.5%, 1.2%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(281.4, 96.6%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.4, 98.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK30.5%, 98.3%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,930,798
CSS custom property--colour: #7903AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.62:1
Contrast with white8.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#86FC51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0048B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#004DABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Tritanopia#713E65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 11.2Dark violet · ΔE 16.1Blue violet · ΔE 17.7Indigo · ΔE 19.7Dark magenta · ΔE 22.3Dark blue · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 11.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#38AE03
Analogous#2403AE, #AE038D
Triadic#AE7903, #03AE79
Split complementary#8EAE03, #03AE23
Tetradic#AE2303, #38AE03, #038DAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D680FD
Lighter +30%#C64EFC
Lighter +20%#B61CFB
Lighter +10%#9C04E0
Darker −10%#56027C
Darker −20%#33014A
Darker −30%#100018
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7A00B1
Less saturated −25%#711998

Channel breakdown

R121
G3
B174
Red121 (47.5%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue281.4°
Saturation (HSL)96.61%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 03 · B AE

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