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Recognised as Colour

#C72EFF

  • #C72EFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C72EFF is a violet with RGB values 199, 46, 255 and HSL 284°, 100%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#C72EFF#C72EFF
HEX#C72EFF
RGBrgb(199, 46, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.1804, 1
RGB percentages78%, 18%, 100%
HSLhsl(283.9, 100%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.9, 82%, 100%)
CMYK22%, 82%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,053,695
CSS custom property--colour: #C72EFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.26:1
Contrast with white3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#38D100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0077FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#1083FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C1649Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 15.8Blue violet · ΔE 18Fuchsia · ΔE 19.9Magenta · ΔE 19.9Dark orchid · ΔE 24.6Medium orchid · ΔE 35.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 15.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66FF2E
Analogous#5F2EFF, #FF2ECE
Triadic#FFC72E, #2EFFC7
Split complementary#CFFF2E, #2EFF5E
Tetradic#FF5E2E, #66FF2E, #2ECFFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFAFF
Lighter +30%#F0C7FF
Lighter +20%#E294FF
Lighter +10%#D561FF
Darker −10%#B700FA
Darker −20%#9200C7
Darker −30%#6C0094
Darker −40%#470061
More saturated +25%#C72EFF
Less saturated −25%#BB48E5

Channel breakdown

R199
G46
B255
Red199 (78%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue283.92°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G 2E · B FF

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