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Recognised as Colour

#74138F

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

#74138F is a violet with RGB values 116, 19, 143 and HSL 287°, 77%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#74138F#74138F
HEX#74138F
RGBrgb(116, 19, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.0745, 0.5608
RGB percentages45.5%, 7.5%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(286.9, 76.5%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.9, 86.7%, 56.1%)
CMYK18.9%, 86.7%, 0%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,607,183
CSS custom property--colour: #74138F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.41:1
Contrast with white9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#8BEC70

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004192no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Deuteranopia#14498Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Tritanopia#723354no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 9.8Dark magenta · ΔE 10.1Indigo · ΔE 12.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21.6Medium orchid · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E8F13
Analogous#36138F, #8F136C
Triadic#8F7413, #138F74
Split complementary#6C8F13, #138F36
Tetradic#8F3613, #2E8F13, #136C8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D680EE
Lighter +30%#C853E8
Lighter +20%#B926E2
Lighter +10%#9919BC
Darker −10%#4F0D62
Darker −20%#2B0735
Darker −30%#060108
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7F00A2
Less saturated −25%#69277B

Channel breakdown

R116
G19
B143
Red116 (45.5%)
Green19 (7.5%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue286.94°
Saturation (HSL)76.54%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 13 · B 8F

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