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Recognised as Colour

#733AB0

  • #733AB0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#733AB0 is a violet with RGB values 115, 58, 176 and HSL 269°, 50%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#733AB0#733AB0
HEX#733AB0
RGBrgb(115, 58, 176)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.2275, 0.6902
RGB percentages45.1%, 22.7%, 69%
HSLhsl(269, 50.4%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269, 67%, 69%)
CMYK34.7%, 67%, 0%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,551,664
CSS custom property--colour: #733AB0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09806WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.09:1
Contrast with white7.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#8CC54F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0158ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Tritanopia#675570no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.3Slate blue · ΔE 14.9Indigo · ΔE 17.4Dark orchid · ΔE 19.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.1Medium orchid · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77B03A
Analogous#3A3CB0, #AE3AB0
Triadic#B0733A, #3AB073
Split complementary#B0AE3A, #3CB03A
Tetradic#B03A3C, #77B03A, #3AB0AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAC9ED
Lighter +30%#C0A2E1
Lighter +20%#A77CD4
Lighter +10%#8D56C7
Darker −10%#5A2D8A
Darker −20%#412163
Darker −30%#28143D
Darker −40%#0F0717
More saturated +25%#721DCD
Less saturated −25%#745793

Channel breakdown

R115
G58
B176
Red115 (45.1%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue176 (69%)
Hue268.98°
Saturation (HSL)50.43%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 3A · B B0

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