Colour

#DA72F8

#DA72F8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#DA72F8 is a violet with RGB values 218, 114, 248 and HSL 287°, 91%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#DA72F8

RGBrgb(218, 114, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.4471, 0.9725

RGB percentages85.5%, 44.7%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(286.6, 90.5%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(286.6, 54%, 97.3%)

CMYK12.1%, 54%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,316,280

CSS custom property--colour: #DA72F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness169.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.74:1

Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#258D07

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5596FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original

Deuteranopia#78A1F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Tritanopia#DA86ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 11.6 Violet · ΔE 14.9 Orchid · ΔE 16.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 24 Medium purple · ΔE 25.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 11.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#90F872

Analogous#9772F8, #F872D3

Triadic#F8DA72, #72F8DA

Split complementary#D3F872, #72F897

Tetradic#F89772, #90F872, #72D3F8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3D3FD

Lighter +10%#E7A3FA

Darker −10%#CD41F6

Darker −20%#C011F3

Darker −30%#9D0AC7

Darker −40%#760797

More saturated +25%#DE6BFF

Less saturated −25%#D085E5

Channel breakdown

R218

G114

B248

Red218 (85.5%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue286.57°

Saturation (HSL)90.54%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DA · G 72 · B F8

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Colour values

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