Colour

#78235B

#78235B
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#78235B is a magenta with RGB values 120, 35, 91 and HSL 320°, 55%, 30%. 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

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HEX#78235B

RGBrgb(120, 35, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1373, 0.3569

RGB percentages47.1%, 13.7%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(320.5, 54.8%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(320.5, 70.8%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 70.8%, 24.2%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,873,371

CSS custom property--colour: #78235B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0595WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.59:1

Contrast with white9.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#87DCA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C3C5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#454A59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Tritanopia#80223Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 28 Dark magenta · ΔE 32.2 Medium violet red · ΔE 32.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 33 Rebecca purple · ΔE 33.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 28.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#237840

Analogous#6B2378, #782330

Triadic#5B7823, #235B78

Split complementary#307823, #23786B

Tetradic#786B23, #237840, #233078

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DD8AC1

Lighter +30%#D163AC

Lighter +20%#C63B97

Lighter +10%#9F2F79

Darker −10%#51173D

Darker −20%#290C1F

Darker −30%#020001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B1061

Less saturated −25%#653655

Channel breakdown

R120

G35

B91

Red120 (47.1%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue320.47°

Saturation (HSL)54.84%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 23 · B 5B

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