Colour

#74127B

#74127B
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#74127B is a magenta with RGB values 116, 18, 123 and HSL 296°, 74%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

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HEX#74127B

RGBrgb(116, 18, 123)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.0706, 0.4824

RGB percentages45.5%, 7.1%, 48.2%

HSLhsl(296, 74.5%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(296, 85.4%, 48.2%)

CMYK5.7%, 85.4%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,606,907

CSS custom property--colour: #74127B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.93:1

Contrast with white9.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#8BED84

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003B7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#2B4779no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Tritanopia#772848no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 6.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 11.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.6 Indigo · ΔE 19.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.4 Midnight blue · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 6.54, clearly different but related

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#197B12

Analogous#40127B, #7B124D

Triadic#7B7412, #127B74

Split complementary#4E7B12, #127B3F

Tetradic#7B4012, #197B12, #124E7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E26FEA

Lighter +30%#D943E3

Lighter +20%#C81FD4

Lighter +10%#9E19A7

Darker −10%#4A0B4F

Darker −20%#200522

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#83008D

Less saturated −25%#652469

Channel breakdown

R116

G18

B123

Red116 (45.5%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue123 (48.2%)

Hue296°

Saturation (HSL)74.47%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 74 · G 12 · B 7B

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