Recognised as Colour

#793E8D

#793E8D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#793E8D is a violet with RGB values 121, 62, 141 and HSL 285°, 39%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#793E8D

RGBrgb(121, 62, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2431, 0.5529

RGB percentages47.5%, 24.3%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(284.8, 38.9%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284.8, 56%, 55.3%)

CMYK14.2%, 56%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,945,869

CSS custom property--colour: #793E8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.27:1

Contrast with white7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#86C172

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C5390no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#40588Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Tritanopia#784A5Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.7 Purple · ΔE 21.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 24.5 Medium purple · ΔE 24.7 Slate blue · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 14.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#528D3E

Analogous#513E8D, #8D3E7A

Triadic#8D793E, #3E8D79

Split complementary#7A8D3E, #3E8D51

Tetradic#8D513E, #528D3E, #3E7A8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D5B7E0

Lighter +30%#C194D0

Lighter +20%#AC71C0

Lighter +10%#974EB0

Darker −10%#5B2E6A

Darker −20%#3C1F46

Darker −30%#1E0F23

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8625A6

Less saturated −25%#6C5774

Channel breakdown

R121

G62

B141

Red121 (47.5%)

Green62 (24.3%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue284.81°

Saturation (HSL)38.92%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 3E · B 8D

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