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Recognised as Colour

#743C9F

  • #743C9F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#743C9F is a violet with RGB values 116, 60, 159 and HSL 274°, 45%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#743C9F#743C9F
HEX#743C9F
RGBrgb(116, 60, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.2353, 0.6235
RGB percentages45.5%, 23.5%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(273.9, 45.2%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.9, 62.3%, 62.4%)
CMYK27%, 62.3%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,617,695
CSS custom property--colour: #743C9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09448WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.27:1
Contrast with white7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#8BC360

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0A55A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#2B579Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6D5068no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 4.8Slate blue · ΔE 17.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.1Purple · ΔE 19.2Medium purple · ΔE 20Indigo · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 4.82, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#679F3C
Analogous#433C9F, #9F3C98
Triadic#9F743C, #3C9F74
Split complementary#999F3C, #3C9F43
Tetradic#9F433C, #679F3C, #3C989F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6C0E7
Lighter +30%#BE9BD9
Lighter +20%#A676CB
Lighter +10%#8E51BD
Darker −10%#592E7A
Darker −20%#3E2055
Darker −30%#231230
Darker −40%#08040B
More saturated +25%#7821BA
Less saturated −25%#705784

Channel breakdown

R116
G60
B159
Red116 (45.5%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue273.94°
Saturation (HSL)45.21%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 3C · B 9F

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