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Recognised as Colour

#C723AA

  • #C723AA
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#C723AA is a magenta with RGB values 199, 35, 170 and HSL 311°, 70%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#C723AA#C723AA
HEX#C723AA
RGBrgb(199, 35, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.1373, 0.6667
RGB percentages78%, 13.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(310.6, 70.1%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(310.6, 82.4%, 78%)
CMYK0%, 82.4%, 14.6%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,050,794
CSS custom property--colour: #C723AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.94:1
Contrast with white4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#38DC55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2961ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6679A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D23167no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 18.6Dark magenta · ΔE 18.7Medium orchid · ΔE 20.6Purple · ΔE 22.6Orchid · ΔE 23.4Dark orchid · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 18.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#23C740
Analogous#9223C7, #C72358
Triadic#AAC723, #23AAC7
Split complementary#58C723, #23C792
Tetradic#C79223, #23C740, #2358C7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4C2EB
Lighter +30%#ED96DD
Lighter +20%#E56BCF
Lighter +10%#DD40C1
Darker −10%#9C1B85
Darker −20%#701460
Darker −30%#450C3B
Darker −40%#1A0416
More saturated +25%#E406BD
Less saturated −25%#AA4097

Channel breakdown

R199
G35
B170
Red199 (78%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue310.61°
Saturation (HSL)70.09%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C7 · G 23 · B AA

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