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Recognised as Colour

#791A78

  • #791A78
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#791A78 is a magenta with RGB values 121, 26, 120 and HSL 301°, 65%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#791A78#791A78
HEX#791A78
RGBrgb(121, 26, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.102, 0.4706
RGB percentages47.5%, 10.2%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(300.6, 64.6%, 28.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300.6, 78.5%, 47.5%)
CMYK0%, 78.5%, 0.8%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,936,632
CSS custom property--colour: #791A78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.41:1
Contrast with white9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#86E587

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#053E7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Deuteranopia#364A76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7D2948no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 9.5Dark magenta · ΔE 14Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.9Indigo · ΔE 23.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 27Medium orchid · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1A791B
Analogous#4B1A79, #791A48
Triadic#78791A, #1A7879
Split complementary#48791A, #1A794B
Tetradic#794B1A, #1A791B, #1A4879

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E37CE2
Lighter +30%#DA52D8
Lighter +20%#CD2CCB
Lighter +10%#A323A2
Darker −10%#4F114E
Darker −20%#250825
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8B088A
Less saturated −25%#672C66

Channel breakdown

R121
G26
B120
Red121 (47.5%)
Green26 (10.2%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue300.63°
Saturation (HSL)64.63%
Lightness28.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 79 · G 1A · B 78

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