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Recognised as Colour

#78007C

  • #78007C
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#78007C is a magenta with RGB values 120, 0, 124 and HSL 298°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#78007C#78007C
HEX#78007C
RGBrgb(120, 0, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0, 0.4863
RGB percentages47.1%, 0%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(298.1, 100%, 24.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(298.1, 100%, 48.6%)
CMYK3.2%, 100%, 0%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,864,444
CSS custom property--colour: #78007C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05448WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.05:1
Contrast with white10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#222222
Inverted#87FF83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00397Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#2A477Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7B2147no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 2.8Dark magenta · ΔE 7.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 18Indigo · ΔE 18.7Medium orchid · ΔE 27.8Dark orchid · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 2.75, a close match
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#047C00
Analogous#3A007C, #7C0042
Triadic#7C7800, #007C78
Split complementary#427C00, #007C3A
Tetradic#7C3A00, #047C00, #00427C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F949FF
Lighter +30%#F716FF
Lighter +20%#DB00E2
Lighter +10%#A900AF
Darker −10%#470049
Darker −20%#150016
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#78007C
Less saturated −25%#69106D

Channel breakdown

R120
G0
B124
Red120 (47.1%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue298.06°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness24.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 00 · B 7C

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