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Recognised as Colour

#72127C

  • #72127C
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#72127C is a magenta with RGB values 114, 18, 124 and HSL 294°, 75%, 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

#72127C#72127C
HEX#72127C
RGBrgb(114, 18, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0706, 0.4863
RGB percentages44.7%, 7.1%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(294.3, 74.6%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(294.3, 85.5%, 48.6%)
CMYK8.1%, 85.5%, 0%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,475,836
CSS custom property--colour: #72127C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.03:1
Contrast with white10.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#8DED83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003B7Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#28467Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Tritanopia#742949no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 6.8Dark magenta · ΔE 11.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.8Indigo · ΔE 18.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 27Midnight blue · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 6.8, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1C7C12
Analogous#3D127C, #7C1251
Triadic#7C7212, #127C72
Split complementary#517C12, #127C3D
Tetradic#7C3D12, #1C7C12, #12517C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DF70EA
Lighter +30%#D543E4
Lighter +20%#C41FD5
Lighter +10%#9B18A9
Darker −10%#490C4F
Darker −20%#200523
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#80008E
Less saturated −25%#64246A

Channel breakdown

R114
G18
B124
Red114 (44.7%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue294.34°
Saturation (HSL)74.65%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 12 · B 7C

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