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Recognised as Colour

#70578E

  • #70578E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#70578E is a violet with RGB values 112, 87, 142 and HSL 267°, 24%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#70578E#70578E
HEX#70578E
RGBrgb(112, 87, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.3412, 0.5569
RGB percentages43.9%, 34.1%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(267.3, 24%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.3, 38.7%, 55.7%)
CMYK21.1%, 38.7%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,362,446
CSS custom property--colour: #70578E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12214WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.1:1
Contrast with white6.1:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#8FA871

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B6190no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#50628Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6B606Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.2Steel blue · ΔE 28.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.5Medium purple · ΔE 30.8Slate grey · ΔE 31.1Light slate grey · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 19.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#758E57
Analogous#575A8E, #8B578E
Triadic#8E7057, #578E70
Split complementary#8E8B57, #5A8E57
Tetradic#8E575A, #758E57, #578E8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8CFE2
Lighter +30%#BEB0CE
Lighter +20%#A490BB
Lighter +10%#8970A8
Darker −10%#57446E
Darker −20%#3E304F
Darker −30%#251D2F
Darker −40%#0C0910
More saturated +25%#6D3AAB
Less saturated −25%#737373

Channel breakdown

R112
G87
B142
Red112 (43.9%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue267.27°
Saturation (HSL)24.02%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 57 · B 8E

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