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Recognised as Colour

#7248BE

  • #7248BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#7248BE is a violet with RGB values 114, 72, 190 and HSL 261°, 48%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#7248BE#7248BE
HEX#7248BE
RGBrgb(114, 72, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.2824, 0.7451
RGB percentages44.7%, 28.2%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(261.4, 47.6%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.4, 62.1%, 74.5%)
CMYK40%, 62.1%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,489,726
CSS custom property--colour: #7248BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.2:1
Contrast with white6.2:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#8DB741

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#015FBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5F627Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 9.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 12Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.9Medium purple · ΔE 16.6Royal blue · ΔE 21.1Medium orchid · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 9.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94BE48
Analogous#4859BE, #AD48BE
Triadic#BE7248, #48BE72
Split complementary#BEAD48, #59BE48
Tetradic#BE4859, #94BE48, #48BEAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6DFF3
Lighter +30%#C9B9E6
Lighter +20%#AC93D9
Lighter +10%#8F6ECB
Darker −10%#5B379C
Darker −20%#452A76
Darker −30%#2F1D50
Darker −40%#190F2B
More saturated +25%#6929DD
Less saturated −25%#7B679F

Channel breakdown

R114
G72
B190
Red114 (44.7%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue261.36°
Saturation (HSL)47.58%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 48 · B BE

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