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Recognised as Colour

#79005C

  • #79005C
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#79005C is a magenta with RGB values 121, 0, 92 and HSL 314°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#79005C#79005C
HEX#79005C
RGBrgb(121, 0, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0, 0.3608
RGB percentages47.5%, 0%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(314.4, 100%, 23.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(314.4, 100%, 47.5%)
CMYK0%, 100%, 24%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,929,948
CSS custom property--colour: #79005C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.67:1
Contrast with white10.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#86FFA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#14335Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#3C445Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original
Tritanopia#810333no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 19Dark magenta · ΔE 23.1Medium violet red · ΔE 26.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.5Indigo · ΔE 34.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 35.4
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 19.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#00791D
Analogous#590079, #790020
Triadic#5C7900, #005C79
Split complementary#207900, #007959
Tetradic#795900, #00791D, #002079

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FF46D3
Lighter +30%#FF13C6
Lighter +20%#DF00AA
Lighter +10%#AC0083
Darker −10%#460035
Darker −20%#13000E
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#79005C
Less saturated −25%#6A0F54

Channel breakdown

R121
G0
B92
Red121 (47.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue314.38°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness23.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 79 · G 00 · B 5C

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