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Recognised as Colour

#744BC6

  • #744BC6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#744BC6 is a violet with RGB values 116, 75, 198 and HSL 260°, 52%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#744BC6#744BC6
HEX#744BC6
RGBrgb(116, 75, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.2941, 0.7765
RGB percentages45.5%, 29.4%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(260, 51.9%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 62.1%, 77.6%)
CMYK41.4%, 62.1%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,621,574
CSS custom property--colour: #744BC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.89:1
Contrast with white5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#8BB439

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5E6781no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 9.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.8Medium purple · ΔE 16.9Dark orchid · ΔE 20.4Royal blue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 9.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DC64B
Analogous#4B5FC6, #B14BC6
Triadic#C6744B, #4BC674
Split complementary#C6B24B, #60C64B
Tetradic#C64B60, #9DC64B, #4BC6B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE6F7
Lighter +30%#CEBFEB
Lighter +20%#B098DF
Lighter +10%#9272D2
Darker −10%#5C35A9
Darker −20%#472982
Darker −30%#321D5B
Darker −40%#1D1134
More saturated +25%#6A2DE4
Less saturated −25%#7E69A8

Channel breakdown

R116
G75
B198
Red116 (45.5%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)51.9%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 4B · B C6

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