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Recognised as Colour

#73198F

  • #73198F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#73198F is a violet with RGB values 115, 25, 143 and HSL 286°, 70%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#73198F#73198F
HEX#73198F
RGBrgb(115, 25, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.098, 0.5608
RGB percentages45.1%, 9.8%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(285.8, 70.2%, 32.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.8, 82.5%, 56.1%)
CMYK19.6%, 82.5%, 0%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,543,183
CSS custom property--colour: #73198F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06323WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.27:1
Contrast with white9.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#8CE670

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004292no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#174A8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Tritanopia#713555no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 10Dark magenta · ΔE 10.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.8Indigo · ΔE 12.9Dark orchid · ΔE 22.6Medium orchid · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 9.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#358F19
Analogous#38198F, #8F1970
Triadic#8F7319, #198F73
Split complementary#708F19, #198F38
Tetradic#8F3819, #358F19, #19708F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D38AEA
Lighter +30%#C35EE3
Lighter +20%#B333DB
Lighter +10%#9621BA
Darker −10%#501164
Darker −20%#2D0A38
Darker −30%#0A020D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7E04A4
Less saturated −25%#682E7A

Channel breakdown

R115
G25
B143
Red115 (45.1%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue285.76°
Saturation (HSL)70.24%
Lightness32.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 19 · B 8F

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