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Recognised as Colour

#794CC5

  • #794CC5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#794CC5 is a violet with RGB values 121, 76, 197 and HSL 262°, 51%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#794CC5#794CC5
HEX#794CC5
RGBrgb(121, 76, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.298, 0.7725
RGB percentages47.5%, 29.8%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(262.3, 51.1%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.3, 61.4%, 77.3%)
CMYK38.6%, 61.4%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,949,509
CSS custom property--colour: #794CC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#86B33A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#1064C2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Tritanopia#676781no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 9.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.1Medium purple · ΔE 15.8Medium orchid · ΔE 19.7Dark orchid · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 9.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98C54C
Analogous#4C5BC5, #B64CC5
Triadic#C5794C, #4CC579
Split complementary#C5B64C, #5BC54C
Tetradic#C54C5B, #98C54C, #4CC5B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE6F7
Lighter +30%#D0C0EA
Lighter +20%#B399DE
Lighter +10%#9673D1
Darker −10%#6036A8
Darker −20%#4A2A81
Darker −30%#341D5B
Darker −40%#1E1134
More saturated +25%#712EE3
Less saturated −25%#816AA7

Channel breakdown

R121
G76
B197
Red121 (47.5%)
Green76 (29.8%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue262.31°
Saturation (HSL)51.05%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 4C · B C5

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