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Recognised as Colour

#741BC6

  • #741BC6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#741BC6 is a violet with RGB values 116, 27, 198 and HSL 271°, 76%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#741BC6#741BC6
HEX#741BC6
RGBrgb(116, 27, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.1059, 0.7765
RGB percentages45.5%, 10.6%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(271.2, 76%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.2, 86.4%, 77.6%)
CMYK41.4%, 86.4%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,609,286
CSS custom property--colour: #741BC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08574WCAG 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 7.74:1
Contrast with white7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#8BE439

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Tritanopia#605076no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.4Dark violet · ΔE 11.7Dark orchid · ΔE 13.1Medium blue · ΔE 23.6Dark blue · ΔE 25.4Indigo · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6DC61B
Analogous#1E1BC6, #C61BC3
Triadic#C6741B, #1BC674
Split complementary#C3C61B, #1BC61E
Tetradic#C61E1B, #6DC61B, #1BC3C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8B8F5
Lighter +30%#BF8BEF
Lighter +20%#A65EE9
Lighter +10%#8E31E3
Darker −10%#5A1599
Darker −20%#3F0F6C
Darker −30%#25093F
Darker −40%#0B0312
More saturated +25%#7500E1
Less saturated −25%#7337AA

Channel breakdown

R116
G27
B198
Red116 (45.5%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue271.23°
Saturation (HSL)76%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 1B · B C6

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