Recognised as Colour

#795D83

#795D83
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#795D83 is a violet with RGB values 121, 93, 131 and HSL 284°, 17%, 44%. 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 grey.

Colour values

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HEX#795D83

RGBrgb(121, 93, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.3647, 0.5137

RGB percentages47.5%, 36.5%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(284.2, 17%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284.2, 29%, 51.4%)

CMYK7.6%, 29%, 0%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,953,795

CSS custom property--colour: #795D83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.67:1

Contrast with white5.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#86A27C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#586585no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E6882no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Tritanopia#79616Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 23.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 25.1 Dim grey · ΔE 25.2 Gray · ΔE 27.1 Steel blue · ΔE 28.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 23.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#67835D

Analogous#665D83, #835D7A

Triadic#83795D, #5D8379

Split complementary#7A835D, #5D8366

Tetradic#83665D, #67835D, #5D7A83

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9CFDD

Lighter +30%#C2B1C8

Lighter +20%#AA93B3

Lighter +10%#93769D

Darker −10%#5D4865

Darker −20%#423347

Darker −30%#261D2A

Darker −40%#0B080C

More saturated +25%#86419F

Less saturated −25%#707070

Channel breakdown

R121

G93

B131

Red121 (47.5%)

Green93 (36.5%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue284.21°

Saturation (HSL)16.96%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 5D · B 83

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