Recognised as Colour

#673ABE

#673ABE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate blue

#673ABE is a violet with RGB values 103, 58, 190 and HSL 260°, 53%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#673ABE#673ABE

HEX#673ABE

RGBrgb(103, 58, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.2275, 0.7451

RGB percentages40.4%, 22.7%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(260.5, 53.2%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.5, 69.5%, 74.5%)

CMYK45.8%, 69.5%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,765,246

CSS custom property--colour: #673ABE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09627WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.18:1

Contrast with white7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#98C541

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0059C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0055BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Tritanopia#4D5B78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 16.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.3 Indigo · ΔE 19.1 Dark blue · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 16.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#91BE3A

Analogous#3A4FBE, #A93ABE

Triadic#BE673A, #3ABE67

Split complementary#BEA93A, #4FBE3A

Tetradic#BE3A4F, #91BE3A, #3ABEA9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DDD3F1

Lighter +30%#BFABE6

Lighter +20%#A184DA

Lighter +10%#845DCE

Darker −10%#522E97

Darker −20%#3D2270

Darker −30%#271649

Darker −40%#120A22

More saturated +25%#5D1BDD

Less saturated −25%#71599F

Channel breakdown

R103

G58

B190

Red103 (40.4%)

Green58 (22.7%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue260.45°

Saturation (HSL)53.23%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 67 · G 3A · B BE

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