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Recognised as Colour

#796CDC

  • #796CDC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#796CDC is a blue with RGB values 121, 108, 220 and HSL 247°, 62%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#796CDC#796CDC
HEX#796CDC
RGBrgb(121, 108, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4235, 0.8627
RGB percentages47.5%, 42.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(247, 61.5%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247, 50.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK45%, 50.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,957,724
CSS custom property--colour: #796CDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19957WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#869323

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#397FE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#3578DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#59849Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 7.4Medium purple · ΔE 7.6Royal blue · ΔE 12.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 23Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 7.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFDC6C
Analogous#6C97DC, #B16CDC
Triadic#DC796C, #6CDC79
Split complementary#DCB16C, #97DC6C
Tetradic#DC6C97, #CFDC6C, #6CDCB1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAE8F9
Lighter +20%#C4BEF0
Lighter +10%#9F95E6
Darker −10%#5343D2
Darker −20%#3C2BB7
Darker −30%#2E228D
Darker −40%#211864
More saturated +25%#6855F3
Less saturated −25%#8A83C5

Channel breakdown

R121
G108
B220
Red121 (47.5%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue246.96°
Saturation (HSL)61.54%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 6C · B DC

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