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Recognised as Colour

#79119F

  • #79119F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#79119F is a violet with RGB values 121, 17, 159 and HSL 284°, 81%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#79119F#79119F
HEX#79119F
RGBrgb(121, 17, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0667, 0.6235
RGB percentages47.5%, 6.7%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(283.9, 80.7%, 34.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.9, 89.3%, 62.4%)
CMYK23.9%, 89.3%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,934,367
CSS custom property--colour: #79119F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.77:1
Contrast with white8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#86EE60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0046A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Deuteranopia#004D9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Tritanopia#75395Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 14Indigo · ΔE 14.3Dark orchid · ΔE 14.7Purple · ΔE 16.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.4Medium orchid · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 14.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#379F11
Analogous#32119F, #9F117E
Triadic#9F7911, #119F79
Split complementary#7E9F11, #119F32
Tetradic#9F3211, #379F11, #117E9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D68AF2
Lighter +30%#C65BEE
Lighter +20%#B72DE9
Lighter +10%#9C16CD
Darker −10%#560C71
Darker −20%#330743
Darker −30%#100215
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8100B0
Less saturated −25%#6F2789

Channel breakdown

R121
G17
B159
Red121 (47.5%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue283.94°
Saturation (HSL)80.68%
Lightness34.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 11 · B 9F

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