Recognised as Colour

#7927DA

#7927DA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7927DA is a violet with RGB values 121, 39, 218 and HSL 267°, 71%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#7927DA

RGBrgb(121, 39, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1529, 0.8549

RGB percentages47.5%, 15.3%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(267.5, 70.8%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.5, 82.1%, 85.5%)

CMYK44.5%, 82.1%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,940,058

CSS custom property--colour: #7927DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.74:1

Contrast with white6.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#86D825

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005CDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0059D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Tritanopia#5E5C83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 4.4 Dark violet · ΔE 10.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 16.4 Medium blue · ΔE 21 Dark blue · ΔE 30.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 4.45, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#88DA27

Analogous#272EDA, #D227DA

Triadic#DA7927, #27DA79

Split complementary#DAD327, #2EDA27

Tetradic#DA272F, #88DA27, #27DAD3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5D5F8

Lighter +30%#CAAAF0

Lighter +20%#AF7EE9

Lighter +10%#9453E1

Darker −10%#611EB0

Darker −20%#491784

Darker −30%#310F59

Darker −40%#19082D

More saturated +25%#7607FA

Less saturated −25%#7C47BA

Channel breakdown

R121

G39

B218

Red121 (47.5%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue267.49°

Saturation (HSL)70.75%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 27 · B DA

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