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Recognised as Colour

#793AA9

  • #793AA9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#793AA9 is a violet with RGB values 121, 58, 169 and HSL 274°, 49%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#793AA9#793AA9
HEX#793AA9
RGBrgb(121, 58, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2275, 0.6627
RGB percentages47.5%, 22.7%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(274.1, 48.9%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.1, 65.7%, 66.3%)
CMYK28.4%, 65.7%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,944,873
CSS custom property--colour: #793AA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#86C556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#2259A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Tritanopia#71516Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 6.9Slate blue · ΔE 16.4Indigo · ΔE 18.3Purple · ΔE 18.6Dark magenta · ΔE 18.8Medium orchid · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AA93A
Analogous#423AA9, #A93AA2
Triadic#A9793A, #3AA979
Split complementary#A2A93A, #3AA942
Tetradic#A9423A, #6AA93A, #3AA2A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAC4EB
Lighter +30%#C29EDE
Lighter +20%#AA78D1
Lighter +10%#9352C4
Darker −10%#5E2D83
Darker −20%#43205D
Darker −30%#271337
Darker −40%#0C0611
More saturated +25%#7D1EC5
Less saturated −25%#75568D

Channel breakdown

R121
G58
B169
Red121 (47.5%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue274.05°
Saturation (HSL)48.9%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 3A · B A9

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