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Recognised as Colour

#7246BF

  • #7246BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#7246BF is a violet with RGB values 114, 70, 191 and HSL 262°, 49%, 51%. 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 blue.

Colour values

#7246BF#7246BF
HEX#7246BF
RGBrgb(114, 70, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.2745, 0.749
RGB percentages44.7%, 27.5%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(261.8, 48.6%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.8, 63.4%, 74.9%)
CMYK40.3%, 63.4%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,489,215
CSS custom property--colour: #7246BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11719WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.28:1
Contrast with white6.28:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#8DB940

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#005EBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5F617Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 10.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.8Medium purple · ΔE 17.9Dark orchid · ΔE 20.3Medium orchid · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 10.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93BF46
Analogous#4657BF, #AE46BF
Triadic#BF7246, #46BF72
Split complementary#BFAE46, #57BF46
Tetradic#BF4657, #93BF46, #46BFAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6DEF3
Lighter +30%#C9B8E6
Lighter +20%#AC92D9
Lighter +10%#8F6CCC
Darker −10%#5B369C
Darker −20%#452976
Darker −30%#2F1C50
Darker −40%#190F2A
More saturated +25%#6A27DE
Less saturated −25%#7A65A0

Channel breakdown

R114
G70
B191
Red114 (44.7%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue261.82°
Saturation (HSL)48.59%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 46 · B BF

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