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Recognised as Colour

#793A88

  • #793A88
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#793A88 is a violet with RGB values 121, 58, 136 and HSL 288°, 40%, 38%. 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

#793A88#793A88
HEX#793A88
RGBrgb(121, 58, 136)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2275, 0.5333
RGB percentages47.5%, 22.7%, 53.3%
HSLhsl(288.5, 40.2%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.5, 57.4%, 53.3%)
CMYK11%, 57.4%, 0%, 46.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,944,840
CSS custom property--colour: #793A88;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.57:1
Contrast with white7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#86C577

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2A508Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#405686no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Tritanopia#79465Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.9Purple · ΔE 20.3Dark magenta · ΔE 23.6Medium purple · ΔE 26.6Slate blue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 15.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#49883A
Analogous#523A88, #883A70
Triadic#88793A, #3A8879
Split complementary#70883A, #3A8852
Tetradic#88523A, #49883A, #3A7088

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5B0DE
Lighter +30%#C28DCE
Lighter +20%#AE69BF
Lighter +10%#9949AC
Darker −10%#592B64
Darker −20%#391C40
Darker −30%#1A0C1D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8822A0
Less saturated −25%#6A5270

Channel breakdown

R121
G58
B136
Red121 (47.5%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue136 (53.3%)
Hue288.46°
Saturation (HSL)40.21%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 3A · B 88

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