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Recognised as Colour

#7906CF

  • #7906CF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7906CF is a violet with RGB values 121, 6, 207 and HSL 274°, 94%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7906CF#7906CF
HEX#7906CF
RGBrgb(121, 6, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0235, 0.8118
RGB percentages47.5%, 2.4%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(274.3, 94.4%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 97.1%, 81.2%)
CMYK41.5%, 97.1%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,931,599
CSS custom property--colour: #7906CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.087WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#86F930

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Tritanopia#644F79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.1Dark violet · ΔE 7.7Dark orchid · ΔE 18.2Medium blue · ΔE 20Dark blue · ΔE 30.4Indigo · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5CCF06
Analogous#1506CF, #CF06C0
Triadic#CF7906, #06CF79
Split complementary#C1CF06, #06CF14
Tetradic#CF1406, #5CCF06, #06C0CF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7A5FC
Lighter +30%#C173FB
Lighter +20%#AB41FA
Lighter +10%#9510F8
Darker −10%#5C059D
Darker −20%#3F036C
Darker −30%#22023A
Darker −40%#050009
More saturated +25%#7A00D5
Less saturated −25%#7521B4

Channel breakdown

R121
G6
B207
Red121 (47.5%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue274.33°
Saturation (HSL)94.37%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 06 · B CF

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