Colour

#783C6F

#783C6F
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#783C6F is a magenta with RGB values 120, 60, 111 and HSL 309°, 33%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#783C6F#783C6F

HEX#783C6F

RGBrgb(120, 60, 111)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.2353, 0.4353

RGB percentages47.1%, 23.5%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(309, 33.3%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(309, 50%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 50%, 7.5%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,879,791

CSS custom property--colour: #783C6F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.85:1

Contrast with white7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#87C390

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B4C71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C556Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Tritanopia#7D4050no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.6 Purple · ΔE 31.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 33.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 35.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 36.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 25.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C7845

Analogous#633C78, #783C51

Triadic#6F783C, #3C6F78

Split complementary#51783C, #3C7863

Tetradic#78633C, #3C7845, #3C5178

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5ABCF

Lighter +30%#C489BB

Lighter +20%#B367A8

Lighter +10%#9A4D8E

Darker −10%#562B50

Darker −20%#341A30

Darker −30%#120911

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8F257F

Less saturated −25%#62525F

Channel breakdown

R120

G60

B111

Red120 (47.1%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue309°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness35.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 3C · B 6F

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Colour values

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