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Colour

#794FC8

  • #794FC8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#794FC8 is a violet with RGB values 121, 79, 200 and HSL 261°, 52%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#794FC8#794FC8
HEX#794FC8
RGBrgb(121, 79, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.3098, 0.7843
RGB percentages47.5%, 31%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(260.8, 52.4%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.8, 60.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK39.5%, 60.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,950,280
CSS custom property--colour: #794FC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.58:1
Contrast with white5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#86B037

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#1266C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#656A84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 8.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.9Medium purple · ΔE 15Royal blue · ΔE 20.1Medium orchid · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 8.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EC84F
Analogous#4F62C8, #B54FC8
Triadic#C8794F, #4FC879
Split complementary#C8B54F, #62C84F
Tetradic#C84F62, #9EC84F, #4FC8B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFEAF9
Lighter +30%#D2C4EC
Lighter +20%#B49DE0
Lighter +10%#9776D4
Darker −10%#6036AE
Darker −20%#4A2A87
Darker −30%#351E60
Darker −40%#1F1239
More saturated +25%#7032E5
Less saturated −25%#826CAB

Channel breakdown

R121
G79
B200
Red121 (47.5%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue260.83°
Saturation (HSL)52.38%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 4F · B C8

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