Recognised as Colour

#7919FF

#7919FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#7919FF is a violet with RGB values 121, 25, 255 and HSL 265°, 100%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#7919FF#7919FF

HEX#7919FF

RGBrgb(121, 25, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.098, 1

RGB percentages47.5%, 9.8%, 100%

HSLhsl(265, 100%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265, 90.2%, 100%)

CMYK52.5%, 90.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,936,511

CSS custom property--colour: #7919FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1198WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.18:1

Contrast with white6.18:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#86E600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0064FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#005CFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Tritanopia#466997no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 100.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 17.4 Medium blue · ΔE 20.3 Blue violet · ΔE 20.4 Dark violet · ΔE 22.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 35.7 Fuchsia · ΔE 41.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 17.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9FFF19

Analogous#192CFF, #EC19FF

Triadic#FF7919, #19FF79

Split complementary#FFEC19, #2CFF19

Tetradic#FF192C, #9FFF19, #19FFEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F0E5FF

Lighter +30%#D2B2FF

Lighter +20%#B47FFF

Lighter +10%#974CFF

Darker −10%#6000E5

Darker −20%#4A00B2

Darker −30%#35007F

Darker −40%#20004C

More saturated +25%#7919FF

Less saturated −25%#7E36E2

Channel breakdown

R121

G25

B255

Red121 (47.5%)

Green25 (9.8%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue265.04°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 19 · B FF

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