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Recognised as Colour

#793BC6

  • #793BC6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#793BC6 is a violet with RGB values 121, 59, 198 and HSL 267°, 55%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#793BC6#793BC6
HEX#793BC6
RGBrgb(121, 59, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2314, 0.7765
RGB percentages47.5%, 23.1%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(266.8, 54.9%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.8, 70.2%, 77.6%)
CMYK38.9%, 70.2%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,945,158
CSS custom property--colour: #793BC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.45:1
Contrast with white6.45:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#86C439

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005ECAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#005DC3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Tritanopia#675D7Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 11.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.1Slate blue · ΔE 19.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.1Blue violet · ΔE 20.2Medium orchid · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 11.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88C63B
Analogous#3B43C6, #BE3BC6
Triadic#C6793B, #3BC679
Split complementary#C6BE3B, #43C63B
Tetradic#C63B43, #88C63B, #3BC6BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5D9F4
Lighter +30%#CAB2E8
Lighter +20%#AF8ADD
Lighter +10%#9463D1
Darker −10%#612EA0
Darker −20%#492378
Darker −30%#311751
Darker −40%#190C29
More saturated +25%#761BE6
Less saturated −25%#7C5BA6

Channel breakdown

R121
G59
B198
Red121 (47.5%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue266.76°
Saturation (HSL)54.94%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 3B · B C6

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