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Recognised as Colour

#7907CE

  • #7907CE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7907CE is a violet with RGB values 121, 7, 206 and HSL 274°, 93%, 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

#7907CE#7907CE
HEX#7907CE
RGBrgb(121, 7, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0275, 0.8078
RGB percentages47.5%, 2.7%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(274.4, 93.4%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.4, 96.6%, 80.8%)
CMYK41.3%, 96.6%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,931,854
CSS custom property--colour: #7907CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.68:1
Contrast with white7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#86F831

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Tritanopia#654F79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7Dark violet · ΔE 7.6Dark orchid · ΔE 17.7Medium blue · ΔE 20.3Dark blue · ΔE 30.1Indigo · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5CCE07
Analogous#1507CE, #CE07C0
Triadic#CE7907, #07CE79
Split complementary#C0CE07, #07CE15
Tetradic#CE1507, #5CCE07, #07C0CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7A5FC
Lighter +30%#C174FA
Lighter +20%#AB42F9
Lighter +10%#9511F7
Darker −10%#5C059D
Darker −20%#3F046B
Darker −30%#22023A
Darker −40%#050009
More saturated +25%#7A00D5
Less saturated −25%#7522B3

Channel breakdown

R121
G7
B206
Red121 (47.5%)
Green7 (2.7%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue274.37°
Saturation (HSL)93.43%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 07 · B CE

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