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Recognised as Colour

#78166D

  • #78166D
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#78166D is a magenta with RGB values 120, 22, 109 and HSL 307°, 69%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#78166D#78166D
HEX#78166D
RGBrgb(120, 22, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0863, 0.4275
RGB percentages47.1%, 8.6%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(306.7, 69%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(306.7, 81.7%, 47.1%)
CMYK0%, 81.7%, 9.2%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,870,061
CSS custom property--colour: #78166D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05671WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.84:1
Contrast with white9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#87E992

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#113A6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#39486Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7E2141no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 13.5Dark magenta · ΔE 18Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.3Indigo · ΔE 28.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.7Medium violet red · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 13.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#167821
Analogous#521678, #78163C
Triadic#6D7816, #166D78
Split complementary#3C7816, #167852
Tetradic#785216, #167821, #163C78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E674D9
Lighter +30%#DE49CD
Lighter +20%#CE26BB
Lighter +10%#A31E94
Darker −10%#4D0E46
Darker −20%#22061F
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8A047B
Less saturated −25%#66285F

Channel breakdown

R120
G22
B109
Red120 (47.1%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue306.73°
Saturation (HSL)69.01%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 78 · G 16 · B 6D

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