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Recognised as Colour

#7935EC

  • #7935EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7935EC is a violet with RGB values 121, 53, 236 and HSL 262°, 83%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7935EC#7935EC
HEX#7935EC
RGBrgb(121, 53, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2078, 0.9255
RGB percentages47.5%, 20.8%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(262.3, 82.8%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.3, 77.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK48.7%, 77.5%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,943,660
CSS custom property--colour: #7935EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.94:1
Contrast with white5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#86CA13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Tritanopia#536990no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.7Dark violet · ΔE 14.5Dark orchid · ΔE 20.4Medium blue · ΔE 20.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.9Blue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8EC35
Analogous#354DEC, #D435EC
Triadic#EC7935, #35EC79
Split complementary#ECD435, #4DEC35
Tetradic#EC354D, #A8EC35, #35ECD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5EFFE
Lighter +30%#D6C1F9
Lighter +20%#B792F5
Lighter +10%#9864F0
Darker −10%#5E14DA
Darker −20%#4A10AB
Darker −30%#360C7C
Darker −40%#21074E
More saturated +25%#7422FF
Less saturated −25%#8051D0

Channel breakdown

R121
G53
B236
Red121 (47.5%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue262.3°
Saturation (HSL)82.81%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 35 · B EC

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