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Recognised as Colour

#725AA7

  • #725AA7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#725AA7 is a violet with RGB values 114, 90, 167 and HSL 259°, 30%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#725AA7#725AA7
HEX#725AA7
RGBrgb(114, 90, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.3529, 0.6549
RGB percentages44.7%, 35.3%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(258.7, 30.4%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.7, 46.1%, 65.5%)
CMYK31.7%, 46.1%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,494,311
CSS custom property--colour: #725AA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.62:1
Contrast with white5.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#8DA558

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4268AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4666A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#676878no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.6Medium purple · ΔE 19Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.1Slate blue · ΔE 21.6Royal blue · ΔE 27.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 13.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FA75A
Analogous#5A68A7, #995AA7
Triadic#A7725A, #5AA772
Split complementary#A7985A, #69A75A
Tetradic#A75A68, #8FA75A, #5AA799

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4DFEE
Lighter +30%#C7BEDC
Lighter +20%#AB9DCA
Lighter +10%#8E7BB9
Darker −10%#5B4886
Darker −20%#453665
Darker −30%#2E2444
Darker −40%#171223
More saturated +25%#663AC7
Less saturated −25%#7E7A87

Channel breakdown

R114
G90
B167
Red114 (44.7%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue258.7°
Saturation (HSL)30.43%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 5A · B A7

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