Colour

#C70078

#C70078
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#C70078 is a magenta with RGB values 199, 0, 120 and HSL 324°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#C70078#C70078

HEX#C70078

RGBrgb(199, 0, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0, 0.4706

RGB percentages78%, 0%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(323.8, 100%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(323.8, 100%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 39.7%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,041,784

CSS custom property--colour: #C70078;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13498WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.68:1

Contrast with white5.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#38FF87

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E527Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#727274no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D80045no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.7:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 6.3 Deep pink · ΔE 18 Hot pink · ΔE 23.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 32.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 33 Purple · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 6.3, clearly different but related

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00C74F

Analogous#B300C7, #C70014

Triadic#78C700, #0078C7

Split complementary#14C700, #00C7B3

Tetradic#C7B300, #00C74F, #0014C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF94D5

Lighter +30%#FF61C0

Lighter +20%#FF2EAC

Lighter +10%#FA0097

Darker −10%#940059

Darker −20%#61003A

Darker −30%#2E001C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C70078

Less saturated −25%#AE1973

Channel breakdown

R199

B120

Red199 (78%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue323.82°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 00 · B 78

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