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Recognised as Colour

#79168C

  • #79168C
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#79168C is a magenta with RGB values 121, 22, 140 and HSL 290°, 73%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#79168C#79168C
HEX#79168C
RGBrgb(121, 22, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0863, 0.549
RGB percentages47.5%, 8.6%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(290.3, 72.8%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(290.3, 84.3%, 54.9%)
CMYK13.6%, 84.3%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,935,628
CSS custom property--colour: #79168C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.1:1
Contrast with white9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#86E973

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00428Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#244C8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Tritanopia#793153no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 7Dark magenta · ΔE 8.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.7Indigo · ΔE 15.4Dark orchid · ΔE 23.7Medium orchid · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 6.97, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#298C16
Analogous#3E168C, #8C1664
Triadic#8C7916, #168C79
Split complementary#648C16, #168C3E
Tetradic#8C3E16, #298C16, #16648C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DB83EB
Lighter +30%#CE56E5
Lighter +20%#C12ADE
Lighter +10%#9F1DB8
Darker −10%#530F60
Darker −20%#2D0834
Darker −30%#070108
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8702A0
Less saturated −25%#6B2A78

Channel breakdown

R121
G22
B140
Red121 (47.5%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue290.34°
Saturation (HSL)72.84%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 16 · B 8C

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