Colour

#780A8B

#780A8B
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#780A8B is a magenta with RGB values 120, 10, 139 and HSL 291°, 87%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#780A8B#780A8B

HEX#780A8B

RGBrgb(120, 10, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0392, 0.5451

RGB percentages47.1%, 3.9%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(291.2, 86.6%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(291.2, 92.8%, 54.5%)

CMYK13.7%, 92.8%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,867,019

CSS custom property--colour: #780A8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.48:1

Contrast with white9.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#87F574

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003F8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#1E4988no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Tritanopia#782D51no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 7.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 7.5 Indigo · ΔE 14.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 7.34, clearly different but related

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#1D8B0A

Analogous#370A8B, #8B0A5E

Triadic#8B780A, #0A8B78

Split complementary#5E8B0A, #0A8B37

Tetradic#8B370A, #1D8B0A, #0A5E8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E06DF4

Lighter +30%#D73DF1

Lighter +20%#CA11EA

Lighter +10%#A10DBB

Darker −10%#4F075B

Darker −20%#26032C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F0095

Less saturated −25%#6B1D78

Channel breakdown

R120

G10

B139

Red120 (47.1%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue291.16°

Saturation (HSL)86.58%

Lightness29.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 78 · G 0A · B 8B

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Colour values

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