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Recognised as Colour

#70235B

  • #70235B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#70235B is a magenta with RGB values 112, 35, 91 and HSL 316°, 52%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#70235B#70235B
HEX#70235B
RGBrgb(112, 35, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.1373, 0.3569
RGB percentages43.9%, 13.7%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(316.4, 52.4%, 28.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(316.4, 68.8%, 43.9%)
CMYK0%, 68.8%, 18.7%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,349,083
CSS custom property--colour: #70235B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05402WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.09:1
Contrast with white10.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#8FDCA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#283A5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F4659no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Tritanopia#77253Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 27.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 31.7Dark magenta · ΔE 32.2Medium violet red · ΔE 35Midnight blue · ΔE 36.7
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 27.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#237038
Analogous#5E2370, #702335
Triadic#5B7023, #235B70
Split complementary#347023, #23705F
Tetradic#705F23, #237038, #233470

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D986C2
Lighter +30%#CD5FAF
Lighter +20%#BE3B9A
Lighter +10%#972F7B
Darker −10%#49173B
Darker −20%#220B1C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#821163
Less saturated −25%#5E3553

Channel breakdown

R112
G35
B91
Red112 (43.9%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue316.36°
Saturation (HSL)52.38%
Lightness28.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 70 · G 23 · B 5B

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