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Recognised as Colour

#72056C

  • #72056C
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#72056C is a magenta with RGB values 114, 5, 108 and HSL 303°, 92%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#72056C#72056C
HEX#72056C
RGBrgb(114, 5, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0196, 0.4235
RGB percentages44.7%, 2%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(303.3, 91.6%, 23.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(303.3, 95.6%, 44.7%)
CMYK0%, 95.6%, 5.3%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,472,492
CSS custom property--colour: #72056C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.75:1
Contrast with white10.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#8DFA93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00356Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#2F426Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Tritanopia#771A3Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 10.1Dark magenta · ΔE 15Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.9Indigo · ΔE 24.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.4Medium violet red · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 10.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#05720B
Analogous#420572, #720535
Triadic#6C7205, #056C72
Split complementary#357205, #057242
Tetradic#724205, #05720B, #053572

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F74CEE
Lighter +30%#F51BE9
Lighter +20%#D409C9
Lighter +10%#A3079A
Darker −10%#41033E
Darker −20%#10010F
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#770070
Less saturated −25%#63145F

Channel breakdown

R114
G5
B108
Red114 (44.7%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue303.3°
Saturation (HSL)91.6%
Lightness23.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 72 · G 05 · B 6C

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