Recognised as Colour

#78245C

#78245C
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#78245C is a magenta with RGB values 120, 36, 92 and HSL 320°, 54%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

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HEX#78245C

RGBrgb(120, 36, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1412, 0.3608

RGB percentages47.1%, 14.1%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(320, 53.8%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(320, 70%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 70%, 23.3%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,873,628

CSS custom property--colour: #78245C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.52:1

Contrast with white9.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#87DBA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C3D5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#454B5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Tritanopia#80243Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 27.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 32.1 Medium violet red · ΔE 32.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 33.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 27.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#247840

Analogous#6A2478, #782432

Triadic#5C7824, #245C78

Split complementary#327824, #24786A

Tetradic#786A24, #247840, #243278

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DC8CC1

Lighter +30%#D164AD

Lighter +20%#C53D98

Lighter +10%#9F307A

Darker −10%#51183E

Darker −20%#2A0C20

Darker −30%#020102

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C1163

Less saturated −25%#653856

Channel breakdown

R120

G36

B92

Red120 (47.1%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue320°

Saturation (HSL)53.85%

Lightness30.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 24 · B 5C

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