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Colour

#72078C

  • #72078C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#72078C is a violet with RGB values 114, 7, 140 and HSL 288°, 90%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#72078C#72078C
HEX#72078C
RGBrgb(114, 7, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0275, 0.549
RGB percentages44.7%, 2.7%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(288.3, 90.5%, 28.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.3, 95%, 54.9%)
CMYK18.6%, 95%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,473,036
CSS custom property--colour: #72078C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.88:1
Contrast with white9.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#8DF873

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003D8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Deuteranopia#0D468Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Tritanopia#712E51no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 10Purple · ΔE 10Indigo · ΔE 12.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.3Dark orchid · ΔE 21.7Medium orchid · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#218C07
Analogous#2F078C, #8C0764
Triadic#8C7207, #078C72
Split complementary#648C07, #078C2F
Tetradic#8C2F07, #218C07, #07648C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DB68F7
Lighter +30%#D037F5
Lighter +20%#C10CED
Lighter +10%#9A09BD
Darker −10%#4A055B
Darker −20%#23022B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#760093
Less saturated −25%#67197A

Channel breakdown

R114
G7
B140
Red114 (44.7%)
Green7 (2.7%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue288.27°
Saturation (HSL)90.48%
Lightness28.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 07 · B 8C

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