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Recognised as Colour

#793CEE

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

#793CEE is a violet with RGB values 121, 60, 238 and HSL 261°, 84%, 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

#793CEE#793CEE
HEX#793CEE
RGBrgb(121, 60, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2353, 0.9333
RGB percentages47.5%, 23.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(260.6, 84%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.6, 74.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK49.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,945,454
CSS custom property--colour: #793CEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.68:1
Contrast with white5.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#86C311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#526D93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.9Dark violet · ΔE 16Dark orchid · ΔE 19.5Medium blue · ΔE 22.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.1Dark blue · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1EE3C
Analogous#3C58EE, #D23CEE
Triadic#EE793C, #3CEE79
Split complementary#EED23C, #58EE3C
Tetradic#EE3C58, #B1EE3C, #3CEED2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF8FE
Lighter +30%#DAC9FA
Lighter +20%#B99AF6
Lighter +10%#996BF2
Darker −10%#5B14E3
Darker −20%#4810B4
Darker −30%#350C85
Darker −40%#230856
More saturated +25%#742BFF
Less saturated −25%#8157D3

Channel breakdown

R121
G60
B238
Red121 (47.5%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue260.56°
Saturation (HSL)83.96%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 3C · B EE

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