Recognised as Colour

#D72AFA

#D72AFA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Fuchsia

#D72AFA is a violet with RGB values 215, 42, 250 and HSL 290°, 95%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Fuchsia.

Colour values

#D72AFA#D72AFA

HEX#D72AFA

RGBrgb(215, 42, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.1647, 0.9804

RGB percentages84.3%, 16.5%, 98%

HSLhsl(289.9, 95.4%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.9, 83.2%, 98%)

CMYK14%, 83.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,101,242

CSS custom property--colour: #D72AFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23005WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.6:1

Contrast with white3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#28D505

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0079FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#4089F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D75D97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Fuchsia · ΔE 14.2 Magenta · ΔE 14.2 Dark violet · ΔE 18.9 Blue violet · ΔE 22.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 25.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourFuchsia (#FF00FF)ΔE 14.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4DFA2A

Analogous#6F2AFA, #FA2AB5

Triadic#FAD72A, #2AFAD7

Split complementary#B5FA2A, #2AFA6F

Tetradic#FA6F2A, #4DFA2A, #2AB5FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCF1FF

Lighter +30%#F3BFFE

Lighter +20%#EA8EFC

Lighter +10%#E05CFB

Darker −10%#C506EB

Darker −20%#9B04BA

Darker −30%#710388

Darker −40%#480256

More saturated +25%#DA25FF

Less saturated −25%#C545DF

Channel breakdown

R215

G42

B250

Red215 (84.3%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue289.9°

Saturation (HSL)95.41%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D7 · G 2A · B FA

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