Recognised as Colour

#741BF4

#741BF4
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#741BF4 is a violet with RGB values 116, 27, 244 and HSL 265°, 91%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#741BF4

RGBrgb(116, 27, 244)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.1059, 0.9569

RGB percentages45.5%, 10.6%, 95.7%

HSLhsl(264.6, 90.8%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.6, 88.9%, 95.7%)

CMYK52.5%, 88.9%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,609,332

CSS custom property--colour: #741BF4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.55:1

Contrast with white6.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#8BE40B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0061F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0059F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Tritanopia#436591no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.9 Medium blue · ΔE 17.2 Dark violet · ΔE 18.9 Blue · ΔE 20.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 31.3 Dark blue · ΔE 41.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9BF41B

Analogous#1B2FF4, #E11BF4

Triadic#F4741B, #1BF474

Split complementary#F4E01B, #2FF41B

Tetradic#F41B2F, #9BF41B, #1BF4E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBDEFD

Lighter +30%#CDADFB

Lighter +20%#AF7CF9

Lighter +10%#924CF6

Darker −10%#5C0AD2

Darker −20%#4708A1

Darker −30%#310571

Darker −40%#1C0340

More saturated +25%#7210FF

Less saturated −25%#7939D6

Channel breakdown

R116

G27

B244

Red116 (45.5%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue244 (95.7%)

Hue264.61°

Saturation (HSL)90.79%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 74 · G 1B · B F4

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