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Recognised as Colour

#78124F

  • #78124F
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#78124F is a magenta with RGB values 120, 18, 79 and HSL 324°, 74%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#78124F#78124F
HEX#78124F
RGBrgb(120, 18, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0706, 0.3098
RGB percentages47.1%, 7.1%, 31%
HSLhsl(324.1, 73.9%, 27.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(324.1, 85%, 47.1%)
CMYK0%, 85%, 34.2%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,869,007
CSS custom property--colour: #78124F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.51:1
Contrast with white10.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#87EDB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#263450no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#43464Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Tritanopia#81082Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 29.6Medium violet red · ΔE 30.6Dark magenta · ΔE 33.5Pale violetred · ΔE 35.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 38.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 38.8
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 29.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#12783B
Analogous#6E1278, #78121C
Triadic#4F7812, #124F78
Split complementary#1C7812, #12786E
Tetradic#786E12, #12783B, #121C78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E96DB7
Lighter +30%#E241A1
Lighter +20%#D11F89
Lighter +10%#A4196C
Darker −10%#4C0B32
Darker −20%#1F0515
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#890152
Less saturated −25%#67234C

Channel breakdown

R120
G18
B79
Red120 (47.1%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue324.12°
Saturation (HSL)73.91%
Lightness27.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 78 · G 12 · B 4F

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