Recognised as Colour

#7142BE

#7142BE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate blue

#7142BE is a violet with RGB values 113, 66, 190 and HSL 263°, 49%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#7142BE#7142BE

HEX#7142BE

RGBrgb(113, 66, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.4431, 0.2588, 0.7451

RGB percentages44.3%, 25.9%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(262.7, 48.8%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.7, 65.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK40.5%, 65.3%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,422,654

CSS custom property--colour: #7142BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11125WCAG 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 6.51:1

Contrast with white6.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#8EBD41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005EC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#005CBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Tritanopia#5E5F7Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 12.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.5 Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.7 Medium purple · ΔE 19.9 Indigo · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 12.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8FBE42

Analogous#4251BE, #AF42BE

Triadic#BE7142, #42BE71

Split complementary#BEAF42, #51BE42

Tetradic#BE4251, #8FBE42, #42BEAF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3DAF2

Lighter +30%#C7B4E5

Lighter +20%#AA8ED8

Lighter +10%#8E68CB

Darker −10%#5A3499

Darker −20%#442773

Darker −30%#2D1A4D

Darker −40%#170D27

More saturated +25%#6922DE

Less saturated −25%#79629E

Channel breakdown

R113

G66

B190

Red113 (44.3%)

Green66 (25.9%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue262.74°

Saturation (HSL)48.82%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 71 · G 42 · B BE

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#7142BE

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else