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Recognised as Colour

#78409C

  • #78409C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#78409C is a violet with RGB values 120, 64, 156 and HSL 277°, 42%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#78409C#78409C
HEX#78409C
RGBrgb(120, 64, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.251, 0.6118
RGB percentages47.1%, 25.1%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(276.5, 41.8%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.5, 59%, 61.2%)
CMYK23.1%, 59%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,880,860
CSS custom property--colour: #78409C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1006WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.97:1
Contrast with white6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#87BF63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#20579Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#365A9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Tritanopia#735168no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.7Slate blue · ΔE 19.2Medium purple · ΔE 19.9Purple · ΔE 20.1Dark magenta · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#649C40
Analogous#4A409C, #9C4092
Triadic#9C7840, #409C78
Split complementary#929C40, #409C4A
Tetradic#9C4A40, #649C40, #40929C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8C2E6
Lighter +30%#C19ED7
Lighter +20%#AA7AC8
Lighter +10%#9256B9
Darker −10%#5C3178
Darker −20%#402254
Darker −30%#251330
Darker −40%#09050B
More saturated +25%#7E25B8
Less saturated −25%#725C81

Channel breakdown

R120
G64
B156
Red120 (47.1%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue276.52°
Saturation (HSL)41.82%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 40 · B 9C

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