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Recognised as Colour

#794C93

  • #794C93
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#794C93 is a violet with RGB values 121, 76, 147 and HSL 278°, 32%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#794C93#794C93
HEX#794C93
RGBrgb(121, 76, 147)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.298, 0.5765
RGB percentages47.5%, 29.8%, 57.6%
HSLhsl(278, 31.8%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278, 48.3%, 57.6%)
CMYK17.7%, 48.3%, 0%, 42.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,949,459
CSS custom property--colour: #794C93;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1134WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.43:1
Contrast with white6.43:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#86B36C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3C5C95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#496091no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#765768no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.9Medium purple · ΔE 23.9Slate blue · ΔE 26.7Purple · ΔE 28.7Midnight blue · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 15.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66934C
Analogous#554C93, #934C8A
Triadic#93794C, #4C9379
Split complementary#8A934C, #4C9355
Tetradic#93554C, #66934C, #4C8A93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9C8E3
Lighter +30%#C2A7D1
Lighter +20%#AA85C0
Lighter +10%#9363AF
Darker −10%#5D3B71
Darker −20%#422950
Darker −30%#26182E
Darker −40%#0A060D
More saturated +25%#8030AF
Less saturated −25%#726877

Channel breakdown

R121
G76
B147
Red121 (47.5%)
Green76 (29.8%)
Blue147 (57.6%)
Hue278.03°
Saturation (HSL)31.84%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 4C · B 93

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