Recognised as Colour

#735BB6

#735BB6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#735BB6 is a violet with RGB values 115, 91, 182 and HSL 256°, 38%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#735BB6

RGBrgb(115, 91, 182)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.3569, 0.7137

RGB percentages45.1%, 35.7%, 71.4%

HSLhsl(255.8, 38.4%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.8, 50%, 71.4%)

CMYK36.8%, 50%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,560,118

CSS custom property--colour: #735BB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14504WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.38:1

Contrast with white5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#8CA449

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#396BB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#3D69B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Tritanopia#636D80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12.7 Slate blue · ΔE 13.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.1 Royal blue · ΔE 21 Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9EB65B

Analogous#5B70B6, #A15BB6

Triadic#B6735B, #5BB673

Split complementary#B6A15B, #71B65B

Tetradic#B65B70, #9EB65B, #5BB6A1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#ECE8F5

Lighter +30%#CDC5E5

Lighter +20%#AFA2D5

Lighter +10%#917EC6

Darker −10%#5B449A

Darker −20%#463576

Darker −30%#312553

Darker −40%#1C1530

More saturated +25%#653DD4

Less saturated −25%#817998

Channel breakdown

R115

G91

B182

Red115 (45.1%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue182 (71.4%)

Hue255.82°

Saturation (HSL)38.4%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 73 · G 5B · B B6

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