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Recognised as Colour

#72068A

  • #72068A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#72068A is a violet with RGB values 114, 6, 138 and HSL 289°, 92%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#72068A#72068A
HEX#72068A
RGBrgb(114, 6, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0235, 0.5412
RGB percentages44.7%, 2.4%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(289.1, 91.7%, 28.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.1, 95.7%, 54.1%)
CMYK17.4%, 95.7%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,472,778
CSS custom property--colour: #72068A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05543WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.96:1
Contrast with white9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#8DF975

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003C8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Deuteranopia#114688no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original
Tritanopia#712D50no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 9.2Dark magenta · ΔE 9.5Indigo · ΔE 12.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.3Dark orchid · ΔE 22.5Medium orchid · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E8A06
Analogous#30068A, #8A0660
Triadic#8A7206, #068A72
Split complementary#608A06, #068A30
Tetradic#8A3006, #1E8A06, #06608A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DD64F8
Lighter +30%#D333F6
Lighter +20%#C30AEC
Lighter +10%#9A08BB
Darker −10%#4A0459
Darker −20%#210228
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#760090
Less saturated −25%#671878

Channel breakdown

R114
G6
B138
Red114 (44.7%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue289.09°
Saturation (HSL)91.67%
Lightness28.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 06 · B 8A

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