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Recognised as Colour

#79437E

  • #79437E
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#79437E is a magenta with RGB values 121, 67, 126 and HSL 295°, 31%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#79437E#79437E
HEX#79437E
RGBrgb(121, 67, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2627, 0.4941
RGB percentages47.5%, 26.3%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(294.9, 30.6%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(294.9, 46.8%, 49.4%)
CMYK4%, 46.8%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,947,134
CSS custom property--colour: #79437E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.2:1
Contrast with white7.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#86BC81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3C5380no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4B5A7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7B4A5Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.7Purple · ΔE 29.7Medium purple · ΔE 32Dark magenta · ΔE 33.4Midnight blue · ΔE 33.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 20.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#487E43
Analogous#5B437E, #7E4366
Triadic#7E7943, #437E79
Split complementary#667E43, #437E5B
Tetradic#7E5B43, #487E43, #43667E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5B5D8
Lighter +30%#C294C6
Lighter +20%#AF73B4
Lighter +10%#99559F
Darker −10%#59315D
Darker −20%#39203B
Darker −30%#190E1A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8D2B96
Less saturated −25%#655B66

Channel breakdown

R121
G67
B126
Red121 (47.5%)
Green67 (26.3%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue294.92°
Saturation (HSL)30.57%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 43 · B 7E

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