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Recognised as Colour

#781D78

  • #781D78
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#781D78 is a magenta with RGB values 120, 29, 120 and HSL 300°, 61%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#781D78#781D78
HEX#781D78
RGBrgb(120, 29, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1137, 0.4706
RGB percentages47.1%, 11.4%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(300, 61.1%, 29.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300, 75.8%, 47.1%)
CMYK0%, 75.8%, 0%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,871,864
CSS custom property--colour: #781D78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.35:1
Contrast with white9.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#87E287

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0A3F7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#364B76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7C2B49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 10.7Dark magenta · ΔE 15.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.6Indigo · ΔE 24.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 26Midnight blue · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 10.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1D781D
Analogous#4B1D78, #781D4B
Triadic#78781D, #1D7878
Split complementary#4B781D, #1D784B
Tetradic#784B1D, #1D781D, #1D4B78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E081E0
Lighter +30%#D757D7
Lighter +20%#CA31CA
Lighter +10%#A127A1
Darker −10%#4F134F
Darker −20%#260926
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8B0A8B
Less saturated −25%#653065

Channel breakdown

R120
G29
B120
Red120 (47.1%)
Green29 (11.4%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue300°
Saturation (HSL)61.07%
Lightness29.22%
Dominant channelRed and Blue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 1D · B 78

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