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Recognised as Colour

#724DD8

  • #724DD8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#724DD8 is a violet with RGB values 114, 77, 216 and HSL 256°, 64%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#724DD8#724DD8
HEX#724DD8
RGBrgb(114, 77, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.302, 0.8471
RGB percentages44.7%, 30.2%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(256, 64.1%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256, 64.4%, 84.7%)
CMYK47.2%, 64.4%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,491,032
CSS custom property--colour: #724DD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13843WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.57:1
Contrast with white5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#8DB227

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Tritanopia#516E8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.9Slate blue · ΔE 14.9Dark orchid · ΔE 18Royal blue · ΔE 22.4Medium purple · ΔE 22.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 10.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B3D84D
Analogous#4D6DD8, #B84DD8
Triadic#D8724D, #4DD872
Split complementary#D8B84D, #6DD84D
Tetradic#D84D6D, #B3D84D, #4DD8B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F4FD
Lighter +30%#D5CBF3
Lighter +20%#B4A1EA
Lighter +10%#9377E1
Darker −10%#552BC7
Darker −20%#43229D
Darker −30%#311973
Darker −40%#1F1049
More saturated +25%#6532F3
Less saturated −25%#7F68BD

Channel breakdown

R114
G77
B216
Red114 (44.7%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue255.97°
Saturation (HSL)64.06%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 4D · B D8

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