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Recognised as Colour

#7946FC

  • #7946FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7946FC is a violet with RGB values 121, 70, 252 and HSL 257°, 97%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7946FC#7946FC
HEX#7946FC
RGBrgb(121, 70, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2745, 0.9882
RGB percentages47.5%, 27.5%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(256.8, 96.8%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.8, 72.2%, 98.8%)
CMYK52%, 72.2%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,948,028
CSS custom property--colour: #7946FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.13:1
Contrast with white5.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#86B903

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#46779Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.4Dark violet · ΔE 19.5Dark orchid · ΔE 23Medium blue · ΔE 23.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.5Blue · ΔE 33
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9FC46
Analogous#466EFC, #D446FC
Triadic#FC7946, #46FC79
Split complementary#FCD446, #6EFC46
Tetradic#FC466E, #C9FC46, #46FCD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6DDFE
Lighter +20%#C2AAFE
Lighter +10%#9D78FD
Darker −10%#5514FB
Darker −20%#3F04D8
Darker −30%#3103A6
Darker −40%#220274
More saturated +25%#7843FF
Less saturated −25%#835EE4

Channel breakdown

R121
G70
B252
Red121 (47.5%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue256.81°
Saturation (HSL)96.81%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 46 · B FC

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