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Recognised as Colour

#7960AB

  • #7960AB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#7960AB is a violet with RGB values 121, 96, 171 and HSL 260°, 31%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#7960AB#7960AB
HEX#7960AB
RGBrgb(121, 96, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.3765, 0.6706
RGB percentages47.5%, 37.6%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(260, 30.9%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 43.9%, 67.1%)
CMYK29.2%, 43.9%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,954,603
CSS custom property--colour: #7960AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.15:1
Contrast with white5.15:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#869F54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4A6DAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F6DA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6F6D7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.3Medium purple · ΔE 19Slate blue · ΔE 23.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.6Royal blue · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 16.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#92AB60
Analogous#606CAB, #9E60AB
Triadic#AB7960, #60AB79
Split complementary#AB9E60, #6CAB60
Tetradic#AB606D, #92AB60, #60AB9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E5F2
Lighter +30%#CDC4E0
Lighter +20%#B1A3CE
Lighter +10%#9581BD
Darker −10%#614B8D
Darker −20%#4A396C
Darker −30%#33274B
Darker −40%#1C1629
More saturated +25%#6F42C9
Less saturated −25%#837E8D

Channel breakdown

R121
G96
B171
Red121 (47.5%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)30.86%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 60 · B AB

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