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Recognised as Colour

#79138A

  • #79138A
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#79138A is a magenta with RGB values 121, 19, 138 and HSL 291°, 76%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#79138A#79138A
HEX#79138A
RGBrgb(121, 19, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0745, 0.5412
RGB percentages47.5%, 7.5%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(291.4, 75.8%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(291.4, 86.2%, 54.1%)
CMYK12.3%, 86.2%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,934,858
CSS custom property--colour: #79138A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.24:1
Contrast with white9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#86EC75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00418Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#244B88no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Tritanopia#7A2F51no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 6.2Dark magenta · ΔE 7.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.3Indigo · ΔE 15.6Medium orchid · ΔE 24.1Dark orchid · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 6.22, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#248A13
Analogous#3E138A, #8A135F
Triadic#8A7913, #138A79
Split complementary#5F8A13, #138A3E
Tetradic#8A3E13, #248A13, #135F8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DD7CED
Lighter +30%#D14FE7
Lighter +20%#C522E1
Lighter +10%#A019B7
Darker −10%#520D5D
Darker −20%#2A0730
Darker −30%#030004
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#87009D
Less saturated −25%#6B2776

Channel breakdown

R121
G19
B138
Red121 (47.5%)
Green19 (7.5%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue291.43°
Saturation (HSL)75.8%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 13 · B 8A

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