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Recognised as Colour

#75157F

  • #75157F
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#75157F is a magenta with RGB values 117, 21, 127 and HSL 294°, 72%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#75157F#75157F
HEX#75157F
RGBrgb(117, 21, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.0824, 0.498
RGB percentages45.9%, 8.2%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(294.3, 71.6%, 29%)
HSV / HSBhsv(294.3, 83.5%, 49.8%)
CMYK7.9%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,673,215
CSS custom property--colour: #75157F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.68:1
Contrast with white9.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#8AEA80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003D82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#2A487Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Tritanopia#772B4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 6.3Dark magenta · ΔE 10.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.5Indigo · ΔE 18.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.2Medium orchid · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 6.29, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1F7F15
Analogous#40157F, #7F1554
Triadic#7F7515, #157F75
Split complementary#547F15, #157F40
Tetradic#7F4015, #1F7F15, #15547F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DE77E9
Lighter +30%#D34CE1
Lighter +20%#C623D7
Lighter +10%#9D1CAB
Darker −10%#4D0E53
Darker −20%#240727
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#840392
Less saturated −25%#66286D

Channel breakdown

R117
G21
B127
Red117 (45.9%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue294.34°
Saturation (HSL)71.62%
Lightness29.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G 15 · B 7F

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