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Colour

#7904DC

  • #7904DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7904DC is a violet with RGB values 121, 4, 220 and HSL 273°, 96%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7904DC#7904DC
HEX#7904DC
RGBrgb(121, 4, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0157, 0.8627
RGB percentages47.5%, 1.6%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(272.5, 96.4%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.5, 98.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK45%, 98.2%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,931,100
CSS custom property--colour: #7904DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.33:1
Contrast with white7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#86FB23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5E5581no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.5Dark violet · ΔE 10.8Medium blue · ΔE 17.7Dark orchid · ΔE 23.7Blue · ΔE 27.9Dark blue · ΔE 34.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#67DC04
Analogous#0D04DC, #DC04D3
Triadic#DC7904, #04DC79
Split complementary#D3DC04, #04DC0D
Tetradic#DC0D04, #67DC04, #04D3DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9AEFE
Lighter +30%#C27CFD
Lighter +20%#AA4AFC
Lighter +10%#9318FB
Darker −10%#5D03AA
Darker −20%#420278
Darker −30%#260146
Darker −40%#0B0014
More saturated +25%#7900E0
Less saturated −25%#7720C0

Channel breakdown

R121
G4
B220
Red121 (47.5%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue272.5°
Saturation (HSL)96.43%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 04 · B DC

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