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Recognised as Colour

#795AB6

  • #795AB6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#795AB6 is a violet with RGB values 121, 90, 182 and HSL 260°, 39%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#795AB6#795AB6
HEX#795AB6
RGBrgb(121, 90, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.3529, 0.7137
RGB percentages47.5%, 35.3%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(260.2, 38.7%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.2, 50.5%, 71.4%)
CMYK33.5%, 50.5%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,953,078
CSS custom property--colour: #795AB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.32:1
Contrast with white5.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#86A549

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#396CB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#406AB4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6C6C7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.32:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.95:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.8Slate blue · ΔE 13.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 16Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.3Royal blue · ΔE 22.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97B65A
Analogous#5A69B6, #A75AB6
Triadic#B6795A, #5AB679
Split complementary#B6A75A, #69B65A
Tetradic#B65A69, #97B65A, #5AB6A7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE7F5
Lighter +30%#CFC4E5
Lighter +20%#B2A1D5
Lighter +10%#967DC6
Darker −10%#614499
Darker −20%#4A3476
Darker −30%#342553
Darker −40%#1E152F
More saturated +25%#6F3CD4
Less saturated −25%#837898

Channel breakdown

R121
G90
B182
Red121 (47.5%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue260.22°
Saturation (HSL)38.66%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 5A · B B6

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