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Recognised as Colour

#79359C

  • #79359C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#79359C is a violet with RGB values 121, 53, 156 and HSL 280°, 49%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#79359C#79359C
HEX#79359C
RGBrgb(121, 53, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2078, 0.6118
RGB percentages47.5%, 20.8%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(279.6, 49.3%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.6, 66%, 61.2%)
CMYK22.4%, 66%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,943,580
CSS custom property--colour: #79359C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.49:1
Contrast with white7.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#86CA63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00519Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#2C569Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Tritanopia#754964no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 6.1Purple · ΔE 15.3Dark magenta · ΔE 16.7Indigo · ΔE 18.8Slate blue · ΔE 20Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#589C35
Analogous#46359C, #9C358B
Triadic#9C7935, #359C79
Split complementary#8C9C35, #359C45
Tetradic#9C4635, #589C35, #358B9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6B7E6
Lighter +30%#C191D9
Lighter +20%#AB6ACD
Lighter +10%#9644C0
Darker −10%#5B2876
Darker −20%#3E1B50
Darker −30%#200E2A
Darker −40%#030104
More saturated +25%#811BB6
Less saturated −25%#714F82

Channel breakdown

R121
G53
B156
Red121 (47.5%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue279.61°
Saturation (HSL)49.28%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 35 · B 9C

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