Recognised as Colour

#79355E

#79355E
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Pale violetred

#79355E is a magenta with RGB values 121, 53, 94 and HSL 324°, 39%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

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HEX#79355E

RGBrgb(121, 53, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2078, 0.3686

RGB percentages47.5%, 20.8%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(323.8, 39.1%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(323.8, 56.2%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 56.2%, 22.3%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,943,518

CSS custom property--colour: #79355E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.45:1

Contrast with white8.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#86CAA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B465Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Deuteranopia#4E515Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Tritanopia#803445no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 31.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 33 Purple · ΔE 35.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 37.7 Dim grey · ΔE 38.2 Medium violet red · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 31.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#357950

Analogous#723579, #79353C

Triadic#5E7935, #355E79

Split complementary#3C7935, #357972

Tetradic#797235, #357950, #353C79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D7A3C2

Lighter +30%#C780AB

Lighter +20%#B85C93

Lighter +10%#9C457A

Darker −10%#562542

Darker −20%#321627

Darker −30%#0F060B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8F1F62

Less saturated −25%#634B5A

Channel breakdown

R121

G53

B94

Red121 (47.5%)

Green53 (20.8%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue323.82°

Saturation (HSL)39.08%

Lightness34.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 35 · B 5E

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