#7900a7

Color #7900a7

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 12.12 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#7900a7

RGB

rgb(121, 0, 167)

HSL

hsl(283.5, 100%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.5, 100%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.5%, 100%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(31.48, 64.72, -57.83)

LCH

lch(31.48, 86.79, 318.22)

OKLCH

oklch(44%, 0.2202, 311.74)

HWB

hwb(283.5, 0%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2ea700

Analogous

#2600a7

#7900a7

#a70081

Triadic

#7900a7

#a77900

#00a779

Split-complementary

#7900a7

#81a700

#00a726

Tetradic

#7900a7

#a7002e

#2ea700

#00a779

Square

#7900a7

#a72600

#2ea700

#0081a7

Shades

Color #7900a7 mixed toward black.

#65008b

#51006f

#3c0053

#280038

#14001c

Tints

Color #7900a7 mixed toward white.

#a200e0

#c01aff

#d053ff

#e08dff

#efc6ff

Tones

Color #7900a7 mixed toward gray.

#730e99

#6c1c8b

#662a7d

#60386f

#5a4561

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.37:1

White text reads better on this background (8.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5c93 · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#61668e · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#76817c · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 29.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7900a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7900a7]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#7900a7 (#7900a7) is rgb(121, 0, 167) in RGB.

No, #7900a7 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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