Recognised as Colour

#D272CB

#D272CB
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#D272CB is a magenta with RGB values 210, 114, 203 and HSL 304°, 52%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#D272CB#D272CB

HEX#D272CB

RGBrgb(210, 114, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.8235, 0.4471, 0.7961

RGB percentages82.4%, 44.7%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(304.4, 51.6%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(304.4, 45.7%, 82.4%)

CMYK0%, 45.7%, 3.3%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,791,947

CSS custom property--colour: #D272CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1

Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#2D8D34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D8DCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#889AC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D87A95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 6.9 Violet · ΔE 12.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 21.2 Plum · ΔE 22.5 Hot pink · ΔE 24.3 Medium purple · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#72D279

Analogous#A972D2, #D2729B

Triadic#CBD272, #72CBD2

Split complementary#9BD272, #72D2A9

Tetradic#D2A972, #72D279, #729BD2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7E6F6

Lighter +20%#EBBFE8

Lighter +10%#DE99D9

Darker −10%#C64BBD

Darker −20%#A836A0

Darker −30%#82297B

Darker −40%#5B1D56

More saturated +25%#E95BDF

Less saturated −25%#BB89B7

Channel breakdown

R210

G114

B203

Red210 (82.4%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue304.38°

Saturation (HSL)51.61%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D2 · G 72 · B CB

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Colour values

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