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Recognised as Colour

#792C8B

  • #792C8B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#792C8B is a violet with RGB values 121, 44, 139 and HSL 289°, 52%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#792C8B#792C8B
HEX#792C8B
RGBrgb(121, 44, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1725, 0.5451
RGB percentages47.5%, 17.3%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(288.6, 51.9%, 35.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.6, 68.3%, 54.5%)
CMYK12.9%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,941,259
CSS custom property--colour: #792C8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.25:1
Contrast with white8.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#86D374

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#09498Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#335189no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#793D58no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.6Purple · ΔE 12Dark magenta · ΔE 15.1Indigo · ΔE 20.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.1Medium orchid · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E8B2C
Analogous#4A2C8B, #8B2C6D
Triadic#8B792C, #2C8B79
Split complementary#6D8B2C, #2C8B4A
Tetradic#8B4A2C, #3E8B2C, #2C6D8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5A2E1
Lighter +30%#C47BD5
Lighter +20%#B354C9
Lighter +10%#9B38B2
Darker −10%#572064
Darker −20%#36133E
Darker −30%#140717
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8715A2
Less saturated −25%#6B4374

Channel breakdown

R121
G44
B139
Red121 (47.5%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue288.63°
Saturation (HSL)51.91%
Lightness35.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 2C · B 8B

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