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Recognised as Colour

#73698F

  • #73698F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#73698F is a violet with RGB values 115, 105, 143 and HSL 256°, 15%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#73698F#73698F
HEX#73698F
RGBrgb(115, 105, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.4118, 0.5608
RGB percentages45.1%, 41.2%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(255.8, 15.3%, 48.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.8, 26.6%, 56.1%)
CMYK19.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,563,663
CSS custom property--colour: #73698F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15731WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.06:1
Contrast with white5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#8C9670

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#616F91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Deuteranopia#626E8Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6E6F76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 18Light slate grey · ΔE 19.1Steel blue · ΔE 21.5Dim grey · ΔE 23Gray · ΔE 24Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 17.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#858F69
Analogous#69728F, #86698F
Triadic#8F7369, #698F73
Split complementary#8F8669, #728F69
Tetradic#8F6972, #858F69, #698F86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0DEE6
Lighter +30%#C5C0D1
Lighter +20%#A9A3BB
Lighter +10%#8E85A6
Darker −10%#5B5372
Darker −20%#443E54
Darker −30%#2C2837
Darker −40%#141319
More saturated +25%#644AAE
Less saturated −25%#7C7C7C

Channel breakdown

R115
G105
B143
Red115 (45.1%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue255.79°
Saturation (HSL)15.32%
Lightness48.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 69 · B 8F

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