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Recognised as Colour

#70339D

  • #70339D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#70339D is a violet with RGB values 112, 51, 157 and HSL 275°, 51%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#70339D#70339D
HEX#70339D
RGBrgb(112, 51, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.2, 0.6157
RGB percentages43.9%, 20%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(274.5, 51%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.5, 67.5%, 61.6%)
CMYK28.7%, 67.5%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,353,245
CSS custom property--colour: #70339D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08247WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.93:1
Contrast with white7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#8FCC62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#1B529Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Tritanopia#694A64no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 3.6Indigo · ΔE 16.4Purple · ΔE 17.2Slate blue · ΔE 18.3Dark magenta · ΔE 18.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 3.6, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#609D33
Analogous#3B339D, #9D3395
Triadic#9D7033, #339D70
Split complementary#959D33, #339D3B
Tetradic#9D3B33, #609D33, #33959D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2B5E7
Lighter +30%#BA8FDA
Lighter +20%#A368CE
Lighter +10%#8B42C1
Darker −10%#552677
Darker −20%#391A50
Darker −30%#1E0D2A
Darker −40%#020103
More saturated +25%#7419B7
Less saturated −25%#6C4D83

Channel breakdown

R112
G51
B157
Red112 (43.9%)
Green51 (20%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue274.53°
Saturation (HSL)50.96%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 33 · B 9D

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