Recognised as Colour

#74259A

#74259A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#74259A is a violet with RGB values 116, 37, 154 and HSL 281°, 61%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#74259A

RGBrgb(116, 37, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.1451, 0.6039

RGB percentages45.5%, 14.5%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(280.5, 61.3%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.5, 76%, 60.4%)

CMYK24.7%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,611,802

CSS custom property--colour: #74259A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness86.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.49:1

Contrast with white8.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#8BDA65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00499Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#134E98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Tritanopia#6F405Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.7 Indigo · ΔE 13.3 Purple · ΔE 13.6 Dark magenta · ΔE 13.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 20.5 Medium orchid · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4B9A25

Analogous#3A259A, #9A2585

Triadic#9A7425, #259A74

Split complementary#859A25, #259A3A

Tetradic#9A3A25, #4B9A25, #25859A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D2A2E9

Lighter +30%#BE79DF

Lighter +20%#AA50D5

Lighter +10%#932FC3

Darker −10%#551B71

Darker −20%#361148

Darker −30%#17071F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C0DB2

Less saturated −25%#6C3D82

Channel breakdown

R116

G37

B154

Red116 (45.5%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue280.51°

Saturation (HSL)61.26%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 74 · G 25 · B 9A

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