Colour

#796DFB

#796DFB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#796DFB is a blue with RGB values 121, 109, 251 and HSL 245°, 95%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#796DFB#796DFB

HEX#796DFB

RGBrgb(121, 109, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4275, 0.9843

RGB percentages47.5%, 42.7%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(245.1, 94.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(245.1, 56.6%, 98.4%)

CMYK51.8%, 56.6%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,958,011

CSS custom property--colour: #796DFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21967WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.39:1

Contrast with white3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.39:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#869204

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0086FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#007CF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original

Tritanopia#438EAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 4.7 Slate blue · ΔE 15.7 Royal blue · ΔE 17.1 Medium purple · ΔE 20.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 27.5 Medium orchid · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 4.69, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EFFB6D

Analogous#6DA8FB, #C06DFB

Triadic#FB796D, #6DFB79

Split complementary#FBC06D, #A8FB6D

Tetradic#FB6DA8, #EFFB6D, #6DFBC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D4D0FE

Lighter +10%#A79FFC

Darker −10%#4B3BFA

Darker −20%#1E0AF8

Darker −30%#1606C9

Darker −40%#110498

More saturated +25%#7669FF

Less saturated −25%#8980E8

Channel breakdown

R121

G109

B251

Red121 (47.5%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue245.07°

Saturation (HSL)94.67%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6D · B FB

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