Recognised as Colour

#742D83

#742D83
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#742D83 is a violet with RGB values 116, 45, 131 and HSL 290°, 49%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#742D83

RGBrgb(116, 45, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.1765, 0.5137

RGB percentages45.5%, 17.6%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(289.5, 48.9%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.5, 65.6%, 51.4%)

CMYK11.5%, 65.6%, 0%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,613,827

CSS custom property--colour: #742D83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.59:1

Contrast with white8.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#8BD27C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#154786no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#354F81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Tritanopia#753B54no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.8 Purple · ΔE 15.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 18.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.7 Indigo · ΔE 23.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 12.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C832D

Analogous#492D83, #832D67

Triadic#83742D, #2D8374

Split complementary#67832D, #2D8349

Tetradic#83492D, #3C832D, #2D6783

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D39EDE

Lighter +30%#C178D1

Lighter +20%#B052C4

Lighter +10%#963AA9

Darker −10%#52205D

Darker −20%#311337

Darker −30%#0F0611

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#821799

Less saturated −25%#66436D

Channel breakdown

R116

G45

B131

Red116 (45.5%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue289.53°

Saturation (HSL)48.86%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 74 · G 2D · B 83

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