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Recognised as Colour

#790FC5

  • #790FC5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#790FC5 is a violet with RGB values 121, 15, 197 and HSL 275°, 86%, 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

#790FC5#790FC5
HEX#790FC5
RGBrgb(121, 15, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0588, 0.7725
RGB percentages47.5%, 5.9%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(274.9, 85.8%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.9, 92.4%, 77.3%)
CMYK38.6%, 92.4%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,933,893
CSS custom property--colour: #790FC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.81:1
Contrast with white7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#86F03A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051C2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Tritanopia#694C74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.8Dark violet · ΔE 9.1Dark orchid · ΔE 13.5Medium blue · ΔE 23.6Dark blue · ΔE 27.1Indigo · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5BC50F
Analogous#1E0FC5, #C50FB6
Triadic#C5790F, #0FC579
Split complementary#B6C50F, #0FC51E
Tetradic#C51E0F, #5BC50F, #0FB6C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7A8F8
Lighter +30%#C178F5
Lighter +20%#AB49F1
Lighter +10%#9519EE
Darker −10%#5C0B96
Darker −20%#3F0866
Darker −30%#220437
Darker −40%#050107
More saturated +25%#7B00D4
Less saturated −25%#7529AB

Channel breakdown

R121
G15
B197
Red121 (47.5%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue274.95°
Saturation (HSL)85.85%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 0F · B C5

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