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Colour

#720F8A

  • #720F8A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#720F8A is a violet with RGB values 114, 15, 138 and HSL 288°, 80%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#720F8A#720F8A
HEX#720F8A
RGBrgb(114, 15, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0588, 0.5412
RGB percentages44.7%, 5.9%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(288.3, 80.4%, 30%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.3, 89.1%, 54.1%)
CMYK17.4%, 89.1%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,475,082
CSS custom property--colour: #720F8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.76:1
Contrast with white9.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#8DF075

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003E8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#164788no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Tritanopia#712F51no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 8.7Dark magenta · ΔE 9.8Indigo · ΔE 12.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.7Dark orchid · ΔE 23.4Medium orchid · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 8.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#278A0F
Analogous#340F8A, #8A0F65
Triadic#8A720F, #0F8A72
Split complementary#658A0F, #0F8A34
Tetradic#8A340F, #278A0F, #0F658A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D875F0
Lighter +30%#CB47EB
Lighter +20%#BE19E6
Lighter +10%#9814B8
Darker −10%#4C0A5C
Darker −20%#26052E
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7B0099
Less saturated −25%#662277

Channel breakdown

R114
G15
B138
Red114 (44.7%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue288.29°
Saturation (HSL)80.39%
Lightness30%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 0F · B 8A

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