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Recognised as Colour

#78115F

  • #78115F
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#78115F is a magenta with RGB values 120, 17, 95 and HSL 315°, 75%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#78115F#78115F
HEX#78115F
RGBrgb(120, 17, 95)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0667, 0.3725
RGB percentages47.1%, 6.7%, 37.3%
HSLhsl(314.6, 75.2%, 26.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(314.6, 85.8%, 47.1%)
CMYK0%, 85.8%, 20.8%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,868,767
CSS custom property--colour: #78115F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0522WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.27:1
Contrast with white10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#87EEA0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1B3661no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E465Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Tritanopia#801538no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 19.9Dark magenta · ΔE 24.2Medium violet red · ΔE 28.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 29.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.7Indigo · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 19.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#11782A
Analogous#5D1178, #78112C
Triadic#5F7811, #115F78
Split complementary#2B7811, #11785D
Tetradic#785E11, #11782A, #112C78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EA6BCB
Lighter +30%#E43EBC
Lighter +20%#D11EA6
Lighter +10%#A51782
Darker −10%#4B0B3C
Darker −20%#1F0418
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#890068
Less saturated −25%#672256

Channel breakdown

R120
G17
B95
Red120 (47.1%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue95 (37.3%)
Hue314.56°
Saturation (HSL)75.18%
Lightness26.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 78 · G 11 · B 5F

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