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Recognised as Colour

#7D79EB

  • #7D79EB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#7D79EB is a blue with RGB values 125, 121, 235 and HSL 242°, 74%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#7D79EB#7D79EB
HEX#7D79EB
RGBrgb(125, 121, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.4745, 0.9216
RGB percentages49%, 47.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(242.1, 74%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.1, 48.5%, 92.2%)
CMYK46.8%, 48.5%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,223,211
CSS custom property--colour: #7D79EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.81:1
Contrast with white3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#828614

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#478BEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#4083E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5791A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.6Slate blue · ΔE 12.1Royal blue · ΔE 12.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7EB79
Analogous#79AEEB, #B679EB
Triadic#EB7D79, #79EB7D
Split complementary#EBB679, #AEEB79
Tetradic#EB79AE, #E7EB79, #79EBB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFF
Lighter +20%#D3D2F8
Lighter +10%#A8A5F2
Darker −10%#524DE4
Darker −20%#2821DD
Darker −30%#201AB1
Darker −40%#181484
More saturated +25%#6B66FE
Less saturated −25%#8F8CD8

Channel breakdown

R125
G121
B235
Red125 (49%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue242.11°
Saturation (HSL)74.03%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 79 · B EB

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