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Recognised as Colour

#78137B

  • #78137B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#78137B is a magenta with RGB values 120, 19, 123 and HSL 298°, 73%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#78137B#78137B
HEX#78137B
RGBrgb(120, 19, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0745, 0.4824
RGB percentages47.1%, 7.5%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(298.3, 73.2%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(298.3, 84.6%, 48.2%)
CMYK2.4%, 84.6%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,869,307
CSS custom property--colour: #78137B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.64:1
Contrast with white9.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#87EC84

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003D7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#304979no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7C2748no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 6.2Dark magenta · ΔE 10.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.7Indigo · ΔE 20.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.2Medium orchid · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 6.16, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#167B13
Analogous#44137B, #7B134A
Triadic#7B7813, #137B78
Split complementary#4A7B13, #137B44
Tetradic#7B4413, #167B13, #134A7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E671E9
Lighter +30%#DE45E2
Lighter +20%#CE21D3
Lighter +10%#A31AA7
Darker −10%#4D0C4F
Darker −20%#220523
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#89018D
Less saturated −25%#672569

Channel breakdown

R120
G19
B123
Red120 (47.1%)
Green19 (7.5%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue298.27°
Saturation (HSL)73.24%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 13 · B 7B

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