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Recognised as Colour

#78097E

  • #78097E
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#78097E is a magenta with RGB values 120, 9, 126 and HSL 297°, 87%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#78097E#78097E
HEX#78097E
RGBrgb(120, 9, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0353, 0.4941
RGB percentages47.1%, 3.5%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(296.9, 86.7%, 26.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(296.9, 92.9%, 49.4%)
CMYK4.8%, 92.9%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,866,750
CSS custom property--colour: #78097E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05695WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.82:1
Contrast with white9.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#87F681

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003B81no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#2B487Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original
Tritanopia#7B2549no 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 text9.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 3.5Dark magenta · ΔE 8.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.8Indigo · ΔE 18.5Medium orchid · ΔE 27.2Dark orchid · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 3.49, a close match
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0F7E09
Analogous#3D097E, #7E094A
Triadic#7E7809, #097E78
Split complementary#4A7E09, #097E3D
Tetradic#7E3D09, #0F7E09, #094A7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EC5FF4
Lighter +30%#E630F0
Lighter +20%#D310DD
Lighter +10%#A50CAE
Darker −10%#4B064E
Darker −20%#1D021F
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#800087
Less saturated −25%#691A6D

Channel breakdown

R120
G9
B126
Red120 (47.1%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue296.92°
Saturation (HSL)86.67%
Lightness26.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 09 · B 7E

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