#7900a4

Color #7900a4

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 12.74 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#7900a4

RGB

rgb(121, 0, 164)

HSL

hsl(284.3, 100%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.3, 100%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 100%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(31.22, 64.15, -56.43)

LCH

lch(31.22, 85.44, 318.66)

OKLCH

oklch(43.7%, 0.2179, 312.68)

HWB

hwb(284.3, 0%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2ba400

Analogous

#2700a4

#7900a4

#a4007d

Triadic

#7900a4

#a47900

#00a479

Split-complementary

#7900a4

#7da400

#00a427

Tetradic

#7900a4

#a4002b

#2ba400

#00a479

Square

#7900a4

#a42700

#2ba400

#007da4

Shades

Color #7900a4 mixed toward black.

#650089

#51006d

#3d0052

#280037

#14001b

Tints

Color #7900a4 mixed toward white.

#a400de

#c318ff

#d252ff

#e18cff

#f0c5ff

Tones

Color #7900a4 mixed toward gray.

#730e97

#6c1b89

#66297b

#5f376d

#594460

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.35:1

White text reads better on this background (8.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5c91 · ΔE 19.8

Deuteranopia

#61668b · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#767f7a · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 29.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #7900a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7900a4]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#7900a4 (#7900a4) is rgb(121, 0, 164) in RGB.

No, #7900a4 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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