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Recognised as Colour

#74138A

  • #74138A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#74138A is a violet with RGB values 116, 19, 138 and HSL 289°, 76%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#74138A#74138A
HEX#74138A
RGBrgb(116, 19, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.0745, 0.5412
RGB percentages45.5%, 7.5%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(288.9, 75.8%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.9, 86.2%, 54.1%)
CMYK15.9%, 86.2%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,607,178
CSS custom property--colour: #74138A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.53:1
Contrast with white9.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#8BEC75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003F8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#1C4888no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Tritanopia#743051no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 7.9Dark magenta · ΔE 9.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.2Indigo · ΔE 13.8Dark orchid · ΔE 24Medium orchid · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 7.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#298A13
Analogous#38138A, #8A1365
Triadic#8A7413, #138A74
Split complementary#648A13, #138A39
Tetradic#8A3913, #298A13, #13658A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D87CED
Lighter +30%#CB4FE7
Lighter +20%#BD22E1
Lighter +10%#9A19B7
Darker −10%#4E0D5D
Darker −20%#290730
Darker −30%#030004
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#80009D
Less saturated −25%#682776

Channel breakdown

R116
G19
B138
Red116 (45.5%)
Green19 (7.5%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue288.91°
Saturation (HSL)75.8%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 13 · B 8A

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