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Recognised as Colour

#73418C

  • #73418C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#73418C is a violet with RGB values 115, 65, 140 and HSL 280°, 37%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#73418C#73418C
HEX#73418C
RGBrgb(115, 65, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.2549, 0.549
RGB percentages45.1%, 25.5%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(280, 36.6%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 53.6%, 54.9%)
CMYK17.9%, 53.6%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,553,420
CSS custom property--colour: #73418C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.33:1
Contrast with white7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#8CBE73

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2F538Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E578Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Tritanopia#714D60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.2Purple · ΔE 24.7Medium purple · ΔE 25Slate blue · ΔE 26.1Midnight blue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 14.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A8C41
Analogous#4E418C, #8C4180
Triadic#8C7341, #418C73
Split complementary#808C41, #418C4E
Tetradic#8C4E41, #5A8C41, #41808C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3BADF
Lighter +30%#BC97CF
Lighter +20%#A674BF
Lighter +10%#8F52AE
Darker −10%#563169
Darker −20%#3A2146
Darker −30%#1D1024
Darker −40%#010001
More saturated +25%#7C27A6
Less saturated −25%#6A5B72

Channel breakdown

R115
G65
B140
Red115 (45.1%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)36.59%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 41 · B 8C

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