Colour

#78114E

#78114E
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#78114E is a magenta with RGB values 120, 17, 78 and HSL 324°, 75%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#78114E#78114E

HEX#78114E

RGBrgb(120, 17, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0667, 0.3059

RGB percentages47.1%, 6.7%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(324.5, 75.2%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(324.5, 85.8%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 85.8%, 35%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,868,750

CSS custom property--colour: #78114E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04944WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.56:1

Contrast with white10.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#87EEB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#25334Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#43454Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original

Tritanopia#82062Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 29.9 Medium violet red · ΔE 30.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 33.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 35.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 38.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 39.3

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 29.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#11783B

Analogous#6F1178, #78111A

Triadic#4E7811, #114E78

Split complementary#1B7811, #11786F

Tetradic#786E11, #11783B, #111A78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EA6BB6

Lighter +30%#E43EA0

Lighter +20%#D11E88

Lighter +10%#A5176B

Darker −10%#4B0B31

Darker −20%#1F0414

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#890051

Less saturated −25%#67224B

Channel breakdown

R120

G17

B78

Red120 (47.1%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue324.47°

Saturation (HSL)75.18%

Lightness26.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 11 · B 4E

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