Recognised as Colour

#7948FF

#7948FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7948FF is a violet with RGB values 121, 72, 255 and HSL 256°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7948FF#7948FF

HEX#7948FF

RGBrgb(121, 72, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2824, 1

RGB percentages47.5%, 28.2%, 100%

HSLhsl(256.1, 100%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(256.1, 71.8%, 100%)

CMYK52.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,948,543

CSS custom property--colour: #7948FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1592WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.02:1

Contrast with white5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#606060

Inverted#86B700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0073FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#006AFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original

Tritanopia#437AA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.2 Dark violet · ΔE 20.3 Medium blue · ΔE 23.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 23.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.7 Blue · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CEFF48

Analogous#4873FF, #D448FF

Triadic#FF7948, #48FF79

Split complementary#FFD448, #73FF48

Tetradic#FF4873, #CEFF48, #48FFD4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E9E1FF

Lighter +20%#C4AEFF

Lighter +10%#9E7BFF

Darker −10%#5415FF

Darker −20%#3C00E1

Darker −30%#2F00AE

Darker −40%#21007B

More saturated +25%#7948FF

Less saturated −25%#845FE8

Channel breakdown

R121

G72

B255

Red121 (47.5%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue256.07°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 48 · B FF

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