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Recognised as Colour

#73458A

  • #73458A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#73458A is a violet with RGB values 115, 69, 138 and HSL 280°, 33%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#73458A#73458A
HEX#73458A
RGBrgb(115, 69, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.2706, 0.5412
RGB percentages45.1%, 27.1%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(280, 33.3%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 50%, 54.1%)
CMYK16.7%, 50%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,554,442
CSS custom property--colour: #73458A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09736WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.13:1
Contrast with white7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#8CBA75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#36558Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#435988no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Tritanopia#715061no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.8Medium purple · ΔE 26.5Purple · ΔE 27.9Slate blue · ΔE 28.4Midnight blue · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 14.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C8A45
Analogous#51458A, #8A457E
Triadic#8A7345, #458A73
Split complementary#7E8A45, #458A51
Tetradic#8A5145, #5C8A45, #457F8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3BDDE
Lighter +30%#BC9BCD
Lighter +20%#A679BC
Lighter +10%#8F57AB
Darker −10%#573468
Darker −20%#3A2346
Darker −30%#1E1224
Darker −40%#020102
More saturated +25%#7C2BA4
Less saturated −25%#6A5F70

Channel breakdown

R115
G69
B138
Red115 (45.1%)
Green69 (27.1%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 45 · B 8A

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