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Recognised as Colour

#C70BAA

  • #C70BAA
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#C70BAA is a magenta with RGB values 199, 11, 170 and HSL 309°, 90%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#C70BAA#C70BAA
HEX#C70BAA
RGBrgb(199, 11, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.0431, 0.6667
RGB percentages78%, 4.3%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(309.3, 89.5%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(309.3, 94.5%, 78%)
CMYK0%, 94.5%, 14.6%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,044,650
CSS custom property--colour: #C70BAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.18:1
Contrast with white5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#38F455

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#165CADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68 from the original
Deuteranopia#6276A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D22464no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 19.7Medium violet red · ΔE 21.1Medium orchid · ΔE 22.5Purple · ΔE 24Orchid · ΔE 27.1Dark orchid · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 19.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0BC728
Analogous#860BC7, #C70B4C
Triadic#AAC70B, #0BAAC7
Split complementary#4CC70B, #0BC786
Tetradic#C7860B, #0BC728, #0B4CC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAA4ED
Lighter +30%#F774E3
Lighter +20%#F543D9
Lighter +10%#F213D0
Darker −10%#970881
Darker −20%#660657
Darker −30%#36032E
Darker −40%#060005
More saturated +25%#D200B2
Less saturated −25%#AD2598

Channel breakdown

R199
G11
B170
Red199 (78%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue309.26°
Saturation (HSL)89.52%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C7 · G 0B · B AA

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