Recognised as Colour

#795BD2

#795BD2
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate blue

#795BD2 is a violet with RGB values 121, 91, 210 and HSL 255°, 57%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

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HEX#795BD2

RGBrgb(121, 91, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.3569, 0.8235

RGB percentages47.5%, 35.7%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(255.1, 56.9%, 59%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.1, 56.7%, 82.4%)

CMYK42.4%, 56.7%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,953,362

CSS custom property--colour: #795BD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.95:1

Contrast with white4.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#86A42D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1472D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#1F6ECFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Tritanopia#60758Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 4.5 Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.3 Medium purple · ΔE 11.2 Royal blue · ΔE 15.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.9 Medium orchid · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 4.55, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B4D25B

Analogous#5B78D2, #B55BD2

Triadic#D2795B, #5BD279

Split complementary#D2B55B, #78D25B

Tetradic#D25B78, #B4D25B, #5BD2B5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFBFE

Lighter +30%#DBD3F3

Lighter +20%#BAABE8

Lighter +10%#9A83DD

Darker −10%#5A36C4

Darker −20%#472B9C

Darker −30%#352074

Darker −40%#23154C

More saturated +25%#6C41EC

Less saturated −25%#8675B8

Channel breakdown

R121

G91

B210

Red121 (47.5%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue255.13°

Saturation (HSL)56.94%

Lightness59.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 5B · B D2

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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