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Colour

#79389E

  • #79389E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#79389E is a violet with RGB values 121, 56, 158 and HSL 278°, 48%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#79389E#79389E
HEX#79389E
RGBrgb(121, 56, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2196, 0.6196
RGB percentages47.5%, 22%, 62%
HSLhsl(278.2, 47.7%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.2, 64.6%, 62%)
CMYK23.4%, 64.6%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,944,350
CSS custom property--colour: #79389E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.31:1
Contrast with white7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#86C761

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0253A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#2D579Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#744C66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.8Purple · ΔE 16.5Dark magenta · ΔE 17.9Slate blue · ΔE 19.1Indigo · ΔE 19.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5D9E38
Analogous#46389E, #9E3890
Triadic#9E7938, #389E79
Split complementary#909E38, #389E46
Tetradic#9E4638, #5D9E38, #38909E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7BBE7
Lighter +30%#C195DA
Lighter +20%#AB70CC
Lighter +10%#954ABF
Darker −10%#5C2B78
Darker −20%#3F1D53
Darker −30%#22102D
Darker −40%#060307
More saturated +25%#801DB9
Less saturated −25%#725383

Channel breakdown

R121
G56
B158
Red121 (47.5%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue278.24°
Saturation (HSL)47.66%
Lightness41.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 38 · B 9E

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