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Recognised as Colour

#790EC7

  • #790EC7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#790EC7 is a violet with RGB values 121, 14, 199 and HSL 275°, 87%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#790EC7#790EC7
HEX#790EC7
RGBrgb(121, 14, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0549, 0.7804
RGB percentages47.5%, 5.5%, 78%
HSLhsl(274.7, 86.9%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.7, 93%, 78%)
CMYK39.2%, 93%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,933,639
CSS custom property--colour: #790EC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.78:1
Contrast with white7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#86F138

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#684D75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.1Dark violet · ΔE 8.6Dark orchid · ΔE 14.3Medium blue · ΔE 22.9Dark blue · ΔE 27.7Indigo · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5CC70E
Analogous#1C0EC7, #C70EB9
Triadic#C7790E, #0EC779
Split complementary#B9C70E, #0EC71D
Tetradic#C71D0E, #5CC70E, #0EB8C7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7A8F9
Lighter +30%#C178F6
Lighter +20%#AB49F2
Lighter +10%#9519EF
Darker −10%#5C0B97
Darker −20%#3F0768
Darker −30%#220438
Darker −40%#050108
More saturated +25%#7B00D5
Less saturated −25%#7529AC

Channel breakdown

R121
G14
B199
Red121 (47.5%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue274.7°
Saturation (HSL)86.85%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 0E · B C7

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