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Colour

#743AFF

  • #743AFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#743AFF is a violet with RGB values 116, 58, 255 and HSL 258°, 100%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#743AFF#743AFF
HEX#743AFF
RGBrgb(116, 58, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.2275, 1
RGB percentages45.5%, 22.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(257.7, 100%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.7, 77.3%, 100%)
CMYK54.5%, 77.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,617,279
CSS custom property--colour: #743AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13959WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.54:1
Contrast with white5.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#8BC500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Tritanopia#36749Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.79:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.4Medium blue · ΔE 19.6Dark violet · ΔE 19.8Blue · ΔE 25.6Dark orchid · ΔE 28Medium slateblue · ΔE 36.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5FF3A
Analogous#3A63FF, #D63AFF
Triadic#FF743A, #3AFF74
Split complementary#FFD73A, #62FF3A
Tetradic#FF3A63, #C5FF3A, #3AFFD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0D3FF
Lighter +20%#BCA0FF
Lighter +10%#986DFF
Darker −10%#5007FF
Darker −20%#3E00D3
Darker −30%#2F00A0
Darker −40%#20006D
More saturated +25%#743AFF
Less saturated −25%#7E53E6

Channel breakdown

R116
G58
B255
Red116 (45.5%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue257.66°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 3A · B FF

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