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Recognised as Colour

#77008C

  • #77008C
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#77008C is a magenta with RGB values 119, 0, 140 and HSL 291°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#77008C#77008C
HEX#77008C
RGBrgb(119, 0, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0, 0.549
RGB percentages46.7%, 0%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(291, 100%, 27.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(291, 100%, 54.9%)
CMYK15%, 100%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,798,924
CSS custom property--colour: #77008C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05815WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.71:1
Contrast with white9.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#88FF73

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003D8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Deuteranopia#164889no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Tritanopia#772B50no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 8.2Purple · ΔE 9Indigo · ΔE 13.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.1Dark orchid · ΔE 21.4Medium orchid · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 8.24, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#158C00
Analogous#31008C, #8C005B
Triadic#8C7700, #008C77
Split complementary#5B8C00, #008C31
Tetradic#8C3100, #158C00, #005B8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E659FF
Lighter +30%#DE26FF
Lighter +20%#CE00F2
Lighter +10%#A200BF
Darker −10%#4C0059
Darker −20%#200026
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#77008C
Less saturated −25%#6B127B

Channel breakdown

R119
G0
B140
Red119 (46.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue291°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 00 · B 8C

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