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Recognised as Colour

#724EC5

  • #724EC5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#724EC5 is a violet with RGB values 114, 78, 197 and HSL 258°, 51%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#724EC5#724EC5
HEX#724EC5
RGBrgb(114, 78, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.3059, 0.7725
RGB percentages44.7%, 30.6%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(258.2, 50.6%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.2, 60.4%, 77.3%)
CMYK42.1%, 60.4%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,491,269
CSS custom property--colour: #724EC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.81:1
Contrast with white5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#8DB13A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063C2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5B6982no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 6.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.1Medium purple · ΔE 15.1Royal blue · ΔE 18.8Medium orchid · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 6.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1C54E
Analogous#4E66C5, #AE4EC5
Triadic#C5724E, #4EC572
Split complementary#C5AE4E, #66C54E
Tetradic#C54E66, #A1C54E, #4EC5AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE8F7
Lighter +30%#CEC1EB
Lighter +20%#AF9BDE
Lighter +10%#9174D2
Darker −10%#5A37A9
Darker −20%#452B82
Darker −30%#311E5C
Darker −40%#1C1235
More saturated +25%#6631E2
Less saturated −25%#7E6BA8

Channel breakdown

R114
G78
B197
Red114 (44.7%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue258.15°
Saturation (HSL)50.64%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 4E · B C5

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