What is hex #795AAE color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 47% red, 35% green and 68% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (121,90,174).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (30%, 48%, 0%, 32%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #795AAE features a hue of 262°, 48% saturation, and a brightness value of 68%.

Hex #795AAE Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #795AAE
RGB Values (121,90,174)
CMYK Values (30%, 48%, 0%, 32%)
HSV/HSB Values (262°, 48%, 68%)
Closest Web Safe
#666699 [Dark Blue Gray]
Inverse Color
#86A551
Closest Pantone®
2587 C
Closest RAL
RAL 4005 [Blue lilac]
Complementary Color
#8FAE5A

#795AAE Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#808080
Lightness (Desaturation)
#848484
Weighted (BT601)
#6D6D6D
Luma (BT709)
#676767

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #795AAE complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #795AAE

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #795AAE.

Contrast Ratio: 5.4:1
AA Pass AAA Fail

Black Text on #795AAE

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #795AAE.

Contrast Ratio: 3.89:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Hex #795AAE Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #795AAE is #8FAE5A. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #795AAE you will find #8FAE5A. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#795AAE #8FAE5A

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #795AAE is composed with colors #5A65AE and #A35AAE. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #795AAE with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#5A65AE #795AAE #A35AAE

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #795AAE is composed with colors #65AE5A and #AEA35A. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#795AAE #65AE5A #AEA35A

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #795AAE is composed with colors #5AAE79 and #AE795A. They are located to the right and left of your main color #795AAE with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#795AAE #5AAE79 #AE795A

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #795AAE is composed with colors #AE795A, #8FAE5A and #5A8FAE A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#795AAE #AE795A #8FAE5A #5A8FAE

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #795AAE is composed with colors #AE5A65, #8FAE5A and #5AAEA3 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#795AAE #AE5A65 #8FAE5A #5AAEA3

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #795AAE

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #795AAE.

#795AAE #8467B4 #8F75BB #9A83C2 #A590C8 #B09ECF #BBACD6 #C6B9DD

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#795AAE #7C66A1 #7F7295 #827E89 #848484

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#795AAE #6E50A3 #654995 #5C4288 #533C7A #49356C #402E5E #372751

Hex #795AAE in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #795AAE
Java new Color(121,90,174);
Python Color(#795AAE)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 121,90,174);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.47, green: 0.35, blue: 0.68, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(121, 90, 174)