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Recognised as Colour

#793CED

  • #793CED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#793CED is a violet with RGB values 121, 60, 237 and HSL 261°, 83%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#793CED#793CED
HEX#793CED
RGBrgb(121, 60, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2353, 0.9294
RGB percentages47.5%, 23.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(260.7, 83.1%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.7, 74.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK48.9%, 74.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,945,453
CSS custom property--colour: #793CED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.7:1
Contrast with white5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#86C312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Tritanopia#526D92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.8Dark violet · ΔE 16Dark orchid · ΔE 19.1Medium blue · ΔE 22.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.7Dark blue · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B0ED3C
Analogous#3C58ED, #D13CED
Triadic#ED793C, #3CED79
Split complementary#EDD23C, #57ED3C
Tetradic#ED3C58, #B0ED3C, #3CEDD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F7FE
Lighter +30%#D9C8FA
Lighter +20%#B999F6
Lighter +10%#996BF1
Darker −10%#5B15E1
Darker −20%#4810B3
Darker −30%#350C84
Darker −40%#220855
More saturated +25%#732AFF
Less saturated −25%#8157D2

Channel breakdown

R121
G60
B237
Red121 (47.5%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue260.68°
Saturation (HSL)83.1%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 3C · B ED

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