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Recognised as Colour

#7948AA

  • #7948AA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7948AA is a violet with RGB values 121, 72, 170 and HSL 270°, 40%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7948AA#7948AA
HEX#7948AA
RGBrgb(121, 72, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2824, 0.6667
RGB percentages47.5%, 28.2%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(270, 40.5%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 57.6%, 66.7%)
CMYK28.8%, 57.6%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,948,458
CSS custom property--colour: #7948AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11602WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.32:1
Contrast with white6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#86B755

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#215EADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3460A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#705B72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.4Slate blue · ΔE 14.4Medium purple · ΔE 15.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.5Medium orchid · ΔE 23Purple · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79AA48
Analogous#4848AA, #AA48AA
Triadic#AA7948, #48AA79
Split complementary#AAAA48, #48AA48
Tetradic#AA4848, #79AA48, #48AAAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFD2EC
Lighter +30%#C5AEDD
Lighter +20%#AC8ACE
Lighter +10%#9367BE
Darker −10%#5F3986
Darker −20%#462A62
Darker −30%#2C1A3F
Darker −40%#130B1B
More saturated +25%#792AC8
Less saturated −25%#79668C

Channel breakdown

R121
G72
B170
Red121 (47.5%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)40.5%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 48 · B AA

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