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Recognised as Colour

#796A9B

  • #796A9B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#796A9B is a violet with RGB values 121, 106, 155 and HSL 258°, 20%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#796A9B#796A9B
HEX#796A9B
RGBrgb(121, 106, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4157, 0.6078
RGB percentages47.5%, 41.6%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(258.4, 19.7%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.4, 31.6%, 60.8%)
CMYK21.9%, 31.6%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,957,147
CSS custom property--colour: #796A9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#869564

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F729Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#61719Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Tritanopia#73727Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 22.5Slate grey · ΔE 23.8Light slate grey · ΔE 24.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.4Dim grey · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 22.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C9B6A
Analogous#6A749B, #916A9B
Triadic#9B796A, #6A9B79
Split complementary#9B916A, #749B6A
Tetradic#9B6A74, #8C9B6A, #6A9B91

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7E4ED
Lighter +30%#CBC6D8
Lighter +20%#B0A7C4
Lighter +10%#9489AF
Darker −10%#61547E
Darker −20%#49405F
Darker −30%#322B41
Darker −40%#1A1722
More saturated +25%#6D4BBA
Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R121
G106
B155
Red121 (47.5%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue258.37°
Saturation (HSL)19.68%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 6A · B 9B

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