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Recognised as Colour

#74418B

  • #74418B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#74418B is a violet with RGB values 116, 65, 139 and HSL 281°, 36%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#74418B#74418B
HEX#74418B
RGBrgb(116, 65, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.2549, 0.5451
RGB percentages45.5%, 25.5%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(281.4, 36.3%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.4, 53.2%, 54.5%)
CMYK16.5%, 53.2%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,618,955
CSS custom property--colour: #74418B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.31:1
Contrast with white7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#8BBE74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#30538Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#405889no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Tritanopia#724D60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.9Purple · ΔE 24.8Medium purple · ΔE 25.4Slate blue · ΔE 26.7Midnight blue · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 14.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#588B41
Analogous#4F418B, #8B417D
Triadic#8B7441, #418B74
Split complementary#7D8B41, #418B4F
Tetradic#8B4F41, #588B41, #417D8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3BADF
Lighter +30%#BD97CE
Lighter +20%#A774BE
Lighter +10%#9151AE
Darker −10%#573168
Darker −20%#3A2146
Darker −30%#1D1023
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7E28A5
Less saturated −25%#6A5B72

Channel breakdown

R116
G65
B139
Red116 (45.5%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue281.35°
Saturation (HSL)36.27%
Lightness40%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 41 · B 8B

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