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Colour

#7943FF

  • #7943FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7943FF is a violet with RGB values 121, 67, 255 and HSL 257°, 100%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7943FF#7943FF
HEX#7943FF
RGBrgb(121, 67, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2627, 1
RGB percentages47.5%, 26.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(257.2, 100%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.2, 73.7%, 100%)
CMYK52.5%, 73.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,947,263
CSS custom property--colour: #7943FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15299WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.17:1
Contrast with white5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#86BC00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0068FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#44779Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.8Dark violet · ΔE 19.5Medium blue · ΔE 22.2Dark orchid · ΔE 24.9Blue · ΔE 30.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9FF43
Analogous#436BFF, #D743FF
Triadic#FF7943, #43FF79
Split complementary#FFD743, #6BFF43
Tetradic#FF436B, #C9FF43, #43FFD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6DCFF
Lighter +20%#C2A9FF
Lighter +10%#9D76FF
Darker −10%#5510FF
Darker −20%#3F00DC
Darker −30%#3100A9
Darker −40%#220076
More saturated +25%#7943FF
Less saturated −25%#835AE8

Channel breakdown

R121
G67
B255
Red121 (47.5%)
Green67 (26.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue257.23°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 43 · B FF

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