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Recognised as Colour

#74409F

  • #74409F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#74409F is a violet with RGB values 116, 64, 159 and HSL 273°, 43%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#74409F#74409F
HEX#74409F
RGBrgb(116, 64, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.251, 0.6235
RGB percentages45.5%, 25.1%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(272.8, 42.6%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.8, 59.7%, 62.4%)
CMYK27%, 59.7%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,618,719
CSS custom property--colour: #74409F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.06:1
Contrast with white7.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#8BBF60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1957A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#30599Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6D5269no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 6.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.3Slate blue · ΔE 17.3Medium purple · ΔE 19.1Purple · ΔE 20.8Indigo · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6B9F40
Analogous#45409F, #9F409A
Triadic#9F7440, #409F74
Split complementary#9A9F40, #409F45
Tetradic#9F4540, #6B9F40, #409A9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7C4E7
Lighter +30%#BF9FD9
Lighter +20%#A67BCA
Lighter +10%#8E57BB
Darker −10%#59317B
Darker −20%#3F2356
Darker −30%#241432
Darker −40%#0A050E
More saturated +25%#7724BB
Less saturated −25%#715C83

Channel breakdown

R116
G64
B159
Red116 (45.5%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue272.84°
Saturation (HSL)42.6%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 40 · B 9F

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