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Recognised as Colour

#79299A

  • #79299A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#79299A is a violet with RGB values 121, 41, 154 and HSL 282°, 58%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#79299A#79299A
HEX#79299A
RGBrgb(121, 41, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1608, 0.6039
RGB percentages47.5%, 16.1%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(282.5, 57.9%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.5, 73.4%, 60.4%)
CMYK21.4%, 73.4%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,940,506
CSS custom property--colour: #79299A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.09:1
Contrast with white8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#86D665

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004C9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#225298no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Tritanopia#76415Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.2Purple · ΔE 12.5Dark magenta · ΔE 12.9Indigo · ΔE 15.4Medium orchid · ΔE 21Dark orchid · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4A9A29
Analogous#41299A, #9A2982
Triadic#9A7929, #299A79
Split complementary#839A29, #299A40
Tetradic#9A4029, #4A9A29, #29839A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5A7E8
Lighter +30%#C27FDD
Lighter +20%#AE57D2
Lighter +10%#9934C2
Darker −10%#591E72
Darker −20%#3A1449
Darker −30%#1A0921
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8311B2
Less saturated −25%#6F4182

Channel breakdown

R121
G41
B154
Red121 (47.5%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue282.48°
Saturation (HSL)57.95%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 29 · B 9A

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