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Recognised as Colour

#803F79

  • #803F79
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#803F79 is a magenta with RGB values 128, 63, 121 and HSL 306°, 34%, 37%. 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

#803F79#803F79
HEX#803F79
RGBrgb(128, 63, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.2471, 0.4745
RGB percentages50.2%, 24.7%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(306.5, 34%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(306.5, 50.8%, 50.2%)
CMYK0%, 50.8%, 5.5%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,404,857
CSS custom property--colour: #803F79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.23:1
Contrast with white7.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#7FC086

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3D517Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F5A77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Tritanopia#854456no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.4Purple · ΔE 28.3Dark magenta · ΔE 31.9Pale violetred · ΔE 33Medium purple · ΔE 34.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 24.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3F8046
Analogous#663F80, #803F59
Triadic#79803F, #3F7980
Split complementary#59803F, #3F8067
Tetradic#80663F, #3F8046, #3F5980

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9B2D5
Lighter +30%#C890C2
Lighter +20%#B76EAF
Lighter +10%#A25099
Darker −10%#5E2E59
Darker −20%#3C1D38
Darker −30%#190D18
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#98278C
Less saturated −25%#685766

Channel breakdown

R128
G63
B121
Red128 (50.2%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue306.46°
Saturation (HSL)34.03%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 80 · G 3F · B 79

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