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Recognised as Colour

#79225E

  • #79225E
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#79225E is a magenta with RGB values 121, 34, 94 and HSL 319°, 56%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#79225E#79225E
HEX#79225E
RGBrgb(121, 34, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1333, 0.3686
RGB percentages47.5%, 13.3%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(318.6, 56.1%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(318.6, 71.9%, 47.5%)
CMYK0%, 71.9%, 22.3%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,938,654
CSS custom property--colour: #79225E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.53:1
Contrast with white9.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#86DDA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2A3C60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#444B5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Tritanopia#81233Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 26Dark magenta · ΔE 30.2Medium violet red · ΔE 31.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 32Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.1Pale violetred · ΔE 34.9
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 26.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#22793D
Analogous#692279, #792232
Triadic#5E7922, #225E79
Split complementary#327922, #227969
Tetradic#796922, #22793D, #223279

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DE89C4
Lighter +30%#D361B0
Lighter +20%#C8399B
Lighter +10%#A12D7D
Darker −10%#51173F
Darker −20%#290C20
Darker −30%#020001
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8C0F65
Less saturated −25%#663557

Channel breakdown

R121
G34
B94
Red121 (47.5%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue318.62°
Saturation (HSL)56.13%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 79 · G 22 · B 5E

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