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Recognised as Colour

#73449F

  • #73449F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#73449F is a violet with RGB values 115, 68, 159 and HSL 271°, 40%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#73449F#73449F
HEX#73449F
RGBrgb(115, 68, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.2667, 0.6235
RGB percentages45.1%, 26.7%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(271, 40.1%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271, 57.2%, 62.4%)
CMYK27.7%, 57.2%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,554,207
CSS custom property--colour: #73449F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10282WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.87:1
Contrast with white6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#8CBB60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2259A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#335A9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6C556Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.4Slate blue · ΔE 17.4Medium purple · ΔE 18.6Purple · ΔE 23Midnight blue · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#709F44
Analogous#45449F, #9F449E
Triadic#9F7344, #449F73
Split complementary#9E9F44, #449F45
Tetradic#9F4544, #709F44, #449E9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8C8E7
Lighter +30%#BFA4D8
Lighter +20%#A680C9
Lighter +10%#8D5CBA
Darker −10%#59357B
Darker −20%#3F2558
Darker −30%#251634
Darker −40%#0C0710
More saturated +25%#7428BB
Less saturated −25%#726083

Channel breakdown

R115
G68
B159
Red115 (45.1%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue270.99°
Saturation (HSL)40.09%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 44 · B 9F

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