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Recognised as Colour

#7915FD

  • #7915FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#7915FD is a violet with RGB values 121, 21, 253 and HSL 266°, 98%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#7915FD#7915FD
HEX#7915FD
RGBrgb(121, 21, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0824, 0.9922
RGB percentages47.5%, 8.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(265.9, 98.3%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.9, 91.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK52.2%, 91.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,935,485
CSS custom property--colour: #7915FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.29:1
Contrast with white6.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#86EA02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Deuteranopia#005BF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#476796no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 17.5Medium blue · ΔE 20.1Blue violet · ΔE 20.3Dark violet · ΔE 22.4Dark orchid · ΔE 35.6Fuchsia · ΔE 41.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 17.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99FD15
Analogous#1525FD, #ED15FD
Triadic#FD7915, #15FD79
Split complementary#FDED15, #25FD15
Tetradic#FD1525, #99FD15, #15FDED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDDFFF
Lighter +30%#D0ADFE
Lighter +20%#B37AFE
Lighter +10%#9648FD
Darker −10%#6002DD
Darker −20%#4A01AB
Darker −30%#340178
Darker −40%#1E0145
More saturated +25%#7913FF
Less saturated −25%#7D33E0

Channel breakdown

R121
G21
B253
Red121 (47.5%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue265.86°
Saturation (HSL)98.31%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 15 · B FD

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