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Recognised as Colour

#79217A

  • #79217A
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#79217A is a magenta with RGB values 121, 33, 122 and HSL 299°, 57%, 30%. 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

#79217A#79217A
HEX#79217A
RGBrgb(121, 33, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1294, 0.4784
RGB percentages47.5%, 12.9%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(299.3, 57.4%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(299.3, 73%, 47.8%)
CMYK0.8%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,938,426
CSS custom property--colour: #79217A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06558WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.08:1
Contrast with white9.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#86DE85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#10417Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#384C78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7D2F4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 11.5Dark magenta · ΔE 15.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.1Indigo · ΔE 24.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.2Midnight blue · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#227A21
Analogous#4D217A, #7A214E
Triadic#7A7921, #217A79
Split complementary#4F7A21, #217A4C
Tetradic#7A4C21, #227A21, #214E7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DE88DF
Lighter +30%#D360D4
Lighter +20%#C838C9
Lighter +10%#A12CA2
Darker −10%#511652
Darker −20%#290B2A
Darker −30%#020002
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8C0E8D
Less saturated −25%#663467

Channel breakdown

R121
G33
B122
Red121 (47.5%)
Green33 (12.9%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue299.33°
Saturation (HSL)57.42%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 21 · B 7A

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