Recognised as Colour

#70319C

#70319C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#70319C is a violet with RGB values 112, 49, 156 and HSL 275°, 52%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#70319C

RGBrgb(112, 49, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.1922, 0.6118

RGB percentages43.9%, 19.2%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(275.3, 52.2%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.3, 68.6%, 61.2%)

CMYK28.2%, 68.6%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,352,732

CSS custom property--colour: #70319C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.05:1

Contrast with white8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#8FCE63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004E9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#1A519Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Tritanopia#694862no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 4.1 Indigo · ΔE 15.7 Purple · ΔE 16.6 Dark magenta · ΔE 17.8 Slate blue · ΔE 19 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 4.14, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D9C31

Analogous#3A319C, #9C3193

Triadic#9C7031, #319C70

Split complementary#939C31, #319C3A

Tetradic#9C3A31, #5D9C31, #31939C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1B2E7

Lighter +30%#BA8BDB

Lighter +20%#A365CE

Lighter +10%#8C3EC2

Darker −10%#542575

Darker −20%#38194E

Darker −30%#1C0C28

Darker −40%#010001

More saturated +25%#7517B6

Less saturated −25%#6B4B82

Channel breakdown

R112

G49

B156

Red112 (43.9%)

Green49 (19.2%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue275.33°

Saturation (HSL)52.2%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 70 · G 31 · B 9C

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