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Recognised as Colour

#7973FF

  • #7973FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#7973FF is a blue with RGB values 121, 115, 255 and HSL 243°, 100%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#7973FF#7973FF
HEX#7973FF
RGBrgb(121, 115, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.451, 1
RGB percentages47.5%, 45.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(242.6, 100%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.6, 54.9%, 100%)
CMYK52.5%, 54.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,959,551
CSS custom property--colour: #7973FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.71:1
Contrast with white3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#868C00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0F8AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0080FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#3E93AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 5.5Royal blue · ΔE 15.7Slate blue · ΔE 15.8Medium purple · ΔE 19.3Medium orchid · ΔE 29.5Dark orchid · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 5.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9FF73
Analogous#73B3FF, #BF73FF
Triadic#FF7973, #73FF79
Split complementary#FFBF73, #B3FF73
Tetradic#FF73B3, #F9FF73, #73FFBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBD9FF
Lighter +10%#AAA6FF
Darker −10%#4840FF
Darker −20%#170DFF
Darker −30%#0900D9
Darker −40%#0700A6
More saturated +25%#7973FF
Less saturated −25%#8984EE

Channel breakdown

R121
G115
B255
Red121 (47.5%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue242.57°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 73 · B FF

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