#7955e5

Color #7955e5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 9.63 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#7955e5

RGB

rgb(121, 85, 229)

HSL

hsl(255, 73.5%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 62.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.2%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(47.26, 48.85, -68.28)

LCH

lch(47.26, 83.96, 305.58)

OKLCH

oklch(56.6%, 0.2074, 289.61)

HWB

hwb(255, 33.3%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1e555

Analogous

#5579e5

#7955e5

#c155e5

Triadic

#7955e5

#e57955

#55e579

Split-complementary

#7955e5

#e5c155

#79e555

Tetradic

#7955e5

#e555c1

#c1e555

#55e579

Square

#7955e5

#e55579

#c1e555

#55e5c1

Shades

Color #7955e5 mixed toward black.

#5528de

#421cb6

#321588

#210e5b

#11072d

Tints

Color #7955e5 mixed toward white.

#8f71e9

#a68eee

#bcaaf2

#d2c6f6

#e9e3fb

Tones

Color #7955e5 mixed toward gray.

#7f61d9

#856dcd

#8b79c1

#9185b5

#9791a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.24:1

White text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6bce · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#6d70c8 · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#78b9b4 · ΔE 39.4

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 29.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7955e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7955e5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#7955e5 (#7955e5) is rgb(121, 85, 229) in RGB.

No, #7955e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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