Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#672D79

  • #672D79
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#672D79 is a violet with RGB values 103, 45, 121 and HSL 286°, 46%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#672D79#672D79
HEX#672D79
RGBrgb(103, 45, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.1765, 0.4745
RGB percentages40.4%, 17.6%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(285.8, 45.8%, 32.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.8, 62.8%, 47.5%)
CMYK14.9%, 62.8%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,761,849
CSS custom property--colour: #672D79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06141WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.42:1
Contrast with white9.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#98D286

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#18427Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#2F4877no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Tritanopia#663A4Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.9Purple · ΔE 20.7Midnight blue · ΔE 23.2Dark magenta · ΔE 24.9Indigo · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 15.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3F792D
Analogous#412D79, #792D65
Triadic#79672D, #2D7967
Split complementary#65792D, #2D7941
Tetradic#79412D, #3F792D, #2D6579

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CA99D9
Lighter +30%#B774CB
Lighter +20%#A34FBD
Lighter +10%#873B9E
Darker −10%#471F54
Darker −20%#28112F
Darker −30%#080409
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#72188E
Less saturated −25%#5C4264

Channel breakdown

R103
G45
B121
Red103 (40.4%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue285.79°
Saturation (HSL)45.78%
Lightness32.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 67 · G 2D · B 79

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “672d79” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.