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Recognised as Colour

#78158C

  • #78158C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#78158C is a violet with RGB values 120, 21, 140 and HSL 290°, 74%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#78158C#78158C
HEX#78158C
RGBrgb(120, 21, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0824, 0.549
RGB percentages47.1%, 8.2%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(289.9, 73.9%, 31.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.9, 85%, 54.9%)
CMYK14.3%, 85%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,869,836
CSS custom property--colour: #78158C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06423WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.19:1
Contrast with white9.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#87EA73

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00418Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#224B8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Tritanopia#783153no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 7.3Dark magenta · ΔE 8.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.7Indigo · ΔE 14.9Dark orchid · ΔE 23.4Medium orchid · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 7.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#298C15
Analogous#3C158C, #8C1565
Triadic#8C7815, #158C78
Split complementary#658C15, #158C3C
Tetradic#8C3C15, #298C15, #15658C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DA81EC
Lighter +30%#CD55E5
Lighter +20%#C028DF
Lighter +10%#9E1CB8
Darker −10%#520E60
Darker −20%#2C0833
Darker −30%#060107
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8501A0
Less saturated −25%#6B2978

Channel breakdown

R120
G21
B140
Red120 (47.1%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue289.92°
Saturation (HSL)73.91%
Lightness31.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 15 · B 8C

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