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Recognised as Colour

#795DBC

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

#795DBC is a violet with RGB values 121, 93, 188 and HSL 258°, 41%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#795DBC#795DBC
HEX#795DBC
RGBrgb(121, 93, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.3647, 0.7373
RGB percentages47.5%, 36.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(257.7, 41.5%, 55.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.7, 50.5%, 73.7%)
CMYK35.6%, 50.5%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,953,852
CSS custom property--colour: #795DBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15524WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.12:1
Contrast with white5.12:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#86A243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#396FBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F6CBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Tritanopia#697084no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.2Slate blue · ΔE 12Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.5Royal blue · ΔE 20.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0BC5D
Analogous#5D70BC, #A95DBC
Triadic#BC795D, #5DBC79
Split complementary#BCA95D, #71BC5D
Tetradic#BC5D70, #A0BC5D, #5DBCA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0EDF8
Lighter +30%#D3C9E9
Lighter +20%#B5A5DA
Lighter +10%#9781CB
Darker −10%#5F43A3
Darker −20%#4A347F
Darker −30%#35255B
Darker −40%#201736
More saturated +25%#6D40D9
Less saturated −25%#857A9F

Channel breakdown

R121
G93
B188
Red121 (47.5%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue257.68°
Saturation (HSL)41.48%
Lightness55.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 5D · B BC

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