Colour

#70577D

#70577D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#70577D is a violet with RGB values 112, 87, 125 and HSL 279°, 18%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#70577D

RGBrgb(112, 87, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.3412, 0.4902

RGB percentages43.9%, 34.1%, 49%

HSLhsl(279.5, 17.9%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.5, 30.4%, 49%)

CMYK10.4%, 30.4%, 0%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,362,429

CSS custom property--colour: #70577D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.27:1

Contrast with white6.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#8FA882

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#515F7Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original

Deuteranopia#57617Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original

Tritanopia#6F5C65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 24.4 Dim grey · ΔE 25.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 26 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.8 Gray · ΔE 28.1 Steel blue · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 24.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#647D57

Analogous#5D577D, #7D5777

Triadic#7D7057, #577D70

Split complementary#777D57, #577D5D

Tetradic#7D5D57, #647D57, #57777D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3C8D8

Lighter +30%#BBAAC3

Lighter +20%#A38BAF

Lighter +10%#8A6D9A

Darker −10%#55425F

Darker −20%#3A2D41

Darker −30%#1F1823

Darker −40%#040305

More saturated +25%#783C98

Less saturated −25%#6A6A6A

Channel breakdown

R112

G87

B125

Red112 (43.9%)

Green87 (34.1%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue279.47°

Saturation (HSL)17.92%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 70 · G 57 · B 7D

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