Colour

#79126A

#79126A
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#79126A is a magenta with RGB values 121, 18, 106 and HSL 309°, 74%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

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HEX#79126A

RGBrgb(121, 18, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0706, 0.4157

RGB percentages47.5%, 7.1%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(308.7, 74.1%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(308.7, 85.1%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 85.1%, 12.4%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,934,570

CSS custom property--colour: #79126A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.96:1

Contrast with white9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#86ED95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#12396Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original

Deuteranopia#3A4868no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Tritanopia#7F1C3Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 14.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 18.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24 Medium violet red · ΔE 27.9 Indigo · ΔE 29.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 14.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#127921

Analogous#541279, #791237

Triadic#6A7912, #126A79

Split complementary#377912, #127954

Tetradic#795412, #127921, #123779

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E96ED7

Lighter +30%#E341CB

Lighter +20%#D21FB8

Lighter +10%#A51991

Darker −10%#4D0B43

Darker −20%#20051C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8A0176

Less saturated −25%#68235E

Channel breakdown

R121

G18

B106

Red121 (47.5%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue308.74°

Saturation (HSL)74.1%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 12 · B 6A

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