Recognised as Colour

#74207B

#74207B
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#74207B is a magenta with RGB values 116, 32, 123 and HSL 295°, 59%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

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HEX#74207B

RGBrgb(116, 32, 123)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.1255, 0.4824

RGB percentages45.5%, 12.5%, 48.2%

HSLhsl(295.4, 58.7%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(295.4, 74%, 48.2%)

CMYK5.7%, 74%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,610,491

CSS custom property--colour: #74207B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06176WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.4:1

Contrast with white9.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#8BDF84

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#04407Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#324A79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original

Tritanopia#762F4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 11.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 15.6 Indigo · ΔE 22.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.8 Midnight blue · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 11.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#277B20

Analogous#47207B, #7B2054

Triadic#7B7420, #207B74

Split complementary#547B20, #207B47

Tetradic#7B4720, #277B20, #20547B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D987E0

Lighter +30%#CC5FD5

Lighter +20%#BF36CB

Lighter +10%#9A2BA3

Darker −10%#4E1553

Darker −20%#280B2A

Darker −30%#010002

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#840D8E

Less saturated −25%#643368

Channel breakdown

R116

G32

B123

Red116 (45.5%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue123 (48.2%)

Hue295.38°

Saturation (HSL)58.71%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 74 · G 20 · B 7B

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