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Recognised as Colour

#7927AA

  • #7927AA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#7927AA is a violet with RGB values 121, 39, 170 and HSL 278°, 63%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#7927AA#7927AA
HEX#7927AA
RGBrgb(121, 39, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1529, 0.6667
RGB percentages47.5%, 15.3%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(277.6, 62.7%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.6, 77.1%, 66.7%)
CMYK28.8%, 77.1%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,940,010
CSS custom property--colour: #7927AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08418WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.83:1
Contrast with white7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#86D855

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0053A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#714768no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 13.8Indigo · ΔE 15.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.1Dark magenta · ΔE 16.8Purple · ΔE 18.6Medium orchid · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 13.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#58AA27
Analogous#3727AA, #AA279A
Triadic#AA7927, #27AA79
Split complementary#99AA27, #27AA37
Tetradic#AA3827, #58AA27, #279AAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6B0ED
Lighter +30%#C187E3
Lighter +20%#AB5DDA
Lighter +10%#9634D0
Darker −10%#5B1D81
Darker −20%#3E1457
Darker −30%#200A2E
Darker −40%#030104
More saturated +25%#800DC4
Less saturated −25%#724190

Channel breakdown

R121
G39
B170
Red121 (47.5%)
Green39 (15.3%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue277.56°
Saturation (HSL)62.68%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 27 · B AA

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