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Recognised as Colour

#72156B

  • #72156B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#72156B is a magenta with RGB values 114, 21, 107 and HSL 305°, 69%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#72156B#72156B
HEX#72156B
RGBrgb(114, 21, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0824, 0.4196
RGB percentages44.7%, 8.2%, 42%
HSLhsl(304.5, 68.9%, 26.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(304.5, 81.6%, 44.7%)
CMYK0%, 81.6%, 6.1%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,476,587
CSS custom property--colour: #72156B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05175WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.32:1
Contrast with white10.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#8DEA94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0B386Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#344569no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Tritanopia#772140no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.32:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 14Dark magenta · ΔE 18.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.4Indigo · ΔE 27Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.2Midnight blue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 14.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#15721C
Analogous#4A1572, #72153D
Triadic#6B7215, #156B72
Split complementary#3D7215, #15724A
Tetradic#724A15, #15721C, #153D72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E46FDC
Lighter +30%#DC44D1
Lighter +20%#C825BC
Lighter +10%#9D1D93
Darker −10%#470D43
Darker −20%#1C051A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#830479
Less saturated −25%#61265D

Channel breakdown

R114
G21
B107
Red114 (44.7%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue304.52°
Saturation (HSL)68.89%
Lightness26.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 72 · G 15 · B 6B

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