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Recognised as Colour

#72127F

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

#72127F is a magenta with RGB values 114, 18, 127 and HSL 293°, 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

#72127F#72127F
HEX#72127F
RGBrgb(114, 18, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0706, 0.498
RGB percentages44.7%, 7.1%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(292.8, 75.2%, 28.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(292.8, 85.8%, 49.8%)
CMYK10.2%, 85.8%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,475,839
CSS custom property--colour: #72127F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05542WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.9 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#2E2E2E
Inverted#8DED80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003C82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#25467Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Tritanopia#732B4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.3 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 6.5Dark magenta · ΔE 10.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.1Indigo · ΔE 16.8Midnight blue · ΔE 26.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 6.52, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1F7F12
Analogous#3C127F, #7F1256
Triadic#7F7212, #127F72
Split complementary#567F12, #127F3C
Tetradic#7F3B12, #1F7F12, #12567F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DD72EB
Lighter +30%#D245E5
Lighter +20%#C21FD8
Lighter +10%#9A18AC
Darker −10%#4A0C52
Darker −20%#220526
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#800091
Less saturated −25%#64246D

Channel breakdown

R114
G18
B127
Red114 (44.7%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue292.84°
Saturation (HSL)75.17%
Lightness28.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 12 · B 7F

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