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Recognised as Colour

#73138A

  • #73138A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#73138A is a violet with RGB values 115, 19, 138 and HSL 288°, 76%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#73138A#73138A
HEX#73138A
RGBrgb(115, 19, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.0745, 0.5412
RGB percentages45.1%, 7.5%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(288.4, 75.8%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.4, 86.2%, 54.1%)
CMYK16.7%, 86.2%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,541,642
CSS custom property--colour: #73138A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05946WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.59:1
Contrast with white9.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#8CEC75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003F8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#1A4888no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Tritanopia#723151no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 8.3Dark magenta · ΔE 9.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 13Indigo · ΔE 13.4Dark orchid · ΔE 23.9Medium orchid · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 8.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2A8A13
Analogous#38138A, #8A1365
Triadic#8A7313, #138A73
Split complementary#658A13, #138A37
Tetradic#8A3713, #2A8A13, #13658A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D77CED
Lighter +30%#C94FE7
Lighter +20%#BC22E1
Lighter +10%#9819B7
Darker −10%#4E0D5D
Darker −20%#280730
Darker −30%#030004
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7F009D
Less saturated −25%#672776

Channel breakdown

R115
G19
B138
Red115 (45.1%)
Green19 (7.5%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue288.4°
Saturation (HSL)75.8%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 13 · B 8A

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