Recognised as Colour

#79003E

#79003E
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#79003E is a magenta with RGB values 121, 0, 62 and HSL 329°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

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HEX#79003E

RGBrgb(121, 0, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0, 0.2431

RGB percentages47.5%, 0%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(329.3, 100%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(329.3, 100%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 48.8%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,929,918

CSS custom property--colour: #79003E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.16:1

Contrast with white11.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#86FFC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#262D3Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#45433Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original

Tritanopia#840021no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 32.9 Brown · ΔE 33.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 35.8 Indian red · ΔE 36.7 Purple · ΔE 37.4 Maroon · ΔE 38.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 32.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#00793B

Analogous#780079, #790001

Triadic#3E7900, #003E79

Split complementary#017900, #007977

Tetradic#797700, #00793B, #000279

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FF46A5

Lighter +30%#FF138C

Lighter +20%#DF0072

Lighter +10%#AC0058

Darker −10%#460024

Darker −20%#13000A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#79003E

Less saturated −25%#6A0F3E

Channel breakdown

R121

B62

Red121 (47.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue329.26°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 00 · B 3E

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