Recognised as Colour

#792EA6

#792EA6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#792EA6 is a violet with RGB values 121, 46, 166 and HSL 278°, 57%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#792EA6

RGBrgb(121, 46, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1804, 0.651

RGB percentages47.5%, 18%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(277.5, 56.6%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.5, 72.3%, 65.1%)

CMYK27.1%, 72.3%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,941,798

CSS custom property--colour: #792EA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.62:1

Contrast with white7.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#86D159

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0050A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original

Deuteranopia#1455A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Tritanopia#724967no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.5 Indigo · ΔE 15.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 15.9 Purple · ΔE 16.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.7 Medium orchid · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5BA62E

Analogous#3D2EA6, #A62E97

Triadic#A6792E, #2EA679

Split complementary#97A62E, #2EA63D

Tetradic#A63D2E, #5BA62E, #2E97A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7B5EB

Lighter +30%#C18DE0

Lighter +20%#AB66D4

Lighter +10%#953EC9

Darker −10%#5C237E

Darker −20%#3F1856

Darker −30%#220D2E

Darker −40%#050206

More saturated +25%#8013C1

Less saturated −25%#72498C

Channel breakdown

R121

G46

B166

Red121 (47.5%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue277.5°

Saturation (HSL)56.6%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 2E · B A6

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