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Recognised as Colour

#7925BB

  • #7925BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7925BB is a violet with RGB values 121, 37, 187 and HSL 274°, 67%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#7925BB#7925BB
HEX#7925BB
RGBrgb(121, 37, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1451, 0.7333
RGB percentages47.5%, 14.5%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(273.6, 67%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.6, 80.2%, 73.3%)
CMYK35.3%, 80.2%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,939,515
CSS custom property--colour: #7925BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08976WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.51:1
Contrast with white7.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#86DA44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0053BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6C4E71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9Blue violet · ΔE 16.6Dark violet · ΔE 17.9Indigo · ΔE 20.1Medium orchid · ΔE 23.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#67BB25
Analogous#2E25BB, #BB25B2
Triadic#BB7925, #25BB79
Split complementary#B2BB25, #25BB2E
Tetradic#BB2E25, #67BB25, #25B2BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9BBF1
Lighter +30%#C290E9
Lighter +20%#AA65E1
Lighter +10%#933BD8
Darker −10%#5D1D90
Darker −20%#421466
Darker −30%#260C3B
Darker −40%#0B0311
More saturated +25%#7C09D7
Less saturated −25%#76419F

Channel breakdown

R121
G37
B187
Red121 (47.5%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue273.6°
Saturation (HSL)66.96%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 25 · B BB

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