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Recognised as Colour

#7244AF

  • #7244AF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7244AF is a violet with RGB values 114, 68, 175 and HSL 266°, 44%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7244AF#7244AF
HEX#7244AF
RGBrgb(114, 68, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.2667, 0.6863
RGB percentages44.7%, 26.7%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(265.8, 44%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.8, 61.1%, 68.6%)
CMYK34.9%, 61.1%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,488,687
CSS custom property--colour: #7244AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10807WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.64:1
Contrast with white6.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#8DBB50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#1F5CADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#655B73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7Slate blue · ΔE 11.6Medium purple · ΔE 16.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.1Indigo · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81AF44
Analogous#444CAF, #A744AF
Triadic#AF7244, #44AF72
Split complementary#AFA744, #4CAF44
Tetradic#AF444C, #81AF44, #44AFA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DED2ED
Lighter +30%#C2ADDF
Lighter +20%#A788D1
Lighter +10%#8C63C3
Darker −10%#5A368A
Darker −20%#422766
Darker −30%#2A1941
Darker −40%#120B1C
More saturated +25%#6E26CD
Less saturated −25%#766291

Channel breakdown

R114
G68
B175
Red114 (44.7%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue265.79°
Saturation (HSL)44.03%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 44 · B AF

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