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Recognised as Colour

#74238F

  • #74238F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#74238F is a violet with RGB values 116, 35, 143 and HSL 285°, 61%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#74238F#74238F
HEX#74238F
RGBrgb(116, 35, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.1373, 0.5608
RGB percentages45.5%, 13.7%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(285, 60.7%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285, 75.5%, 56.1%)
CMYK18.9%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,611,279
CSS custom property--colour: #74238F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.82:1
Contrast with white8.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#8BDC70

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004692no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#224D8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Tritanopia#723A57no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.1Purple · ΔE 10.5Dark magenta · ΔE 12.4Indigo · ΔE 15.1Medium orchid · ΔE 23.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E8F23
Analogous#3E238F, #8F2374
Triadic#8F7423, #238F74
Split complementary#748F23, #238F3E
Tetradic#8F3E23, #3E8F23, #23748F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D298E6
Lighter +30%#C16FDC
Lighter +20%#AF46D2
Lighter +10%#952DB8
Darker −10%#531966
Darker −20%#320F3D
Darker −30%#100514
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7F0DA5
Less saturated −25%#693979

Channel breakdown

R116
G35
B143
Red116 (45.5%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue285°
Saturation (HSL)60.67%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 23 · B 8F

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