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Recognised as Colour

#795E9D

  • #795E9D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#795E9D is a violet with RGB values 121, 94, 157 and HSL 266°, 25%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#795E9D#795E9D
HEX#795E9D
RGBrgb(121, 94, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.3686, 0.6157
RGB percentages47.5%, 36.9%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(265.7, 25.1%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.7, 40.1%, 61.6%)
CMYK22.9%, 40.1%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,954,077
CSS custom property--colour: #795E9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.38:1
Contrast with white5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#86A162

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F6A9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#546A9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#736876no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.5Medium purple · ΔE 25.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.9Steel blue · ΔE 29.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.6Slate blue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 18.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#829D5E
Analogous#5E629D, #995E9D
Triadic#9D795E, #5E9D79
Split complementary#9D995E, #639D5E
Tetradic#9D5E62, #829D5E, #5E9D99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3DDEA
Lighter +30%#C8BDD7
Lighter +20%#AE9DC4
Lighter +10%#937DB1
Darker −10%#604B7D
Darker −20%#48385D
Darker −30%#2F253D
Darker −40%#17121D
More saturated +25%#753FBC
Less saturated −25%#7D7D7E

Channel breakdown

R121
G94
B157
Red121 (47.5%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue265.71°
Saturation (HSL)25.1%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 5E · B 9D

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