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Recognised as Colour

#7904AD

  • #7904AD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7904AD is a violet with RGB values 121, 4, 173 and HSL 282°, 95%, 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

#7904AD#7904AD
HEX#7904AD
RGBrgb(121, 4, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0157, 0.6784
RGB percentages47.5%, 1.6%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(281.5, 95.5%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.5, 97.7%, 67.8%)
CMYK30.1%, 97.7%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,931,053
CSS custom property--colour: #7904AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.63:1
Contrast with white8.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#86FB52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0048B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Deuteranopia#004DAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Tritanopia#713E64no 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 text8.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 11.2Dark violet · ΔE 16.7Blue violet · ΔE 18.2Indigo · ΔE 19.3Dark magenta · ΔE 21.7Dark blue · ΔE 24.4
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#38AD04
Analogous#2504AD, #AD048C
Triadic#AD7904, #04AD79
Split complementary#8CAD04, #04AD25
Tetradic#AD2504, #38AD04, #048CAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D681FC
Lighter +30%#C64FFB
Lighter +20%#B61DFA
Lighter +10%#9C05DF
Darker −10%#56037B
Darker −20%#330249
Darker −30%#100117
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7B00B1
Less saturated −25%#701A97

Channel breakdown

R121
G4
B173
Red121 (47.5%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue281.54°
Saturation (HSL)95.48%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 04 · B AD

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