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Recognised as Colour

#733C80

  • #733C80
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#733C80 is a violet with RGB values 115, 60, 128 and HSL 289°, 36%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#733C80#733C80
HEX#733C80
RGBrgb(115, 60, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.2353, 0.502
RGB percentages45.1%, 23.5%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(288.5, 36.2%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.5, 53.1%, 50.2%)
CMYK10.2%, 53.1%, 0%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,552,128
CSS custom property--colour: #733C80;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.82:1
Contrast with white7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#8CC37F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#304E82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#41547Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Tritanopia#744658no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 17Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.1Purple · ΔE 25.2Midnight blue · ΔE 28.6Dark magenta · ΔE 29Medium purple · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 17.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#49803C
Analogous#513C80, #803C6B
Triadic#80733C, #3C8073
Split complementary#6B803C, #3C8051
Tetradic#80513C, #49803C, #3C6B80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1AFD9
Lighter +30%#BD8CC9
Lighter +20%#AA69B9
Lighter +10%#924CA3
Darker −10%#542C5D
Darker −20%#351B3B
Darker −30%#150B18
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#822598
Less saturated −25%#645469

Channel breakdown

R115
G60
B128
Red115 (45.1%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue288.53°
Saturation (HSL)36.17%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 3C · B 80

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