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Recognised as Colour

#733EDE

  • #733EDE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#733EDE is a violet with RGB values 115, 62, 222 and HSL 260°, 71%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#733EDE#733EDE
HEX#733EDE
RGBrgb(115, 62, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.2431, 0.8706
RGB percentages45.1%, 24.3%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(259.9, 70.8%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.9, 72.1%, 87.1%)
CMYK48.2%, 72.1%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,552,734
CSS custom property--colour: #733EDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12364WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.05:1
Contrast with white6.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#8CC121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#50688Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.2Dark orchid · ΔE 15.2Dark violet · ΔE 18.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.2Medium blue · ΔE 26.5Slate blue · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9DE3E
Analogous#3E59DE, #C33EDE
Triadic#DE733E, #3EDE73
Split complementary#DEC33E, #59DE3E
Tetradic#DE3E59, #A9DE3E, #3EDEC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1ECFC
Lighter +30%#D2C1F4
Lighter +20%#B295ED
Lighter +10%#936AE5
Darker −10%#5922C7
Darker −20%#451B9B
Darker −30%#321370
Darker −40%#1E0C44
More saturated +25%#6922FA
Less saturated −25%#7D5AC2

Channel breakdown

R115
G62
B222
Red115 (45.1%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue259.88°
Saturation (HSL)70.8%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 3E · B DE

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