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Recognised as Colour

#74597F

  • #74597F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#74597F is a violet with RGB values 116, 89, 127 and HSL 283°, 18%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#74597F#74597F
HEX#74597F
RGBrgb(116, 89, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.349, 0.498
RGB percentages45.5%, 34.9%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(282.6, 17.6%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.6, 29.9%, 49.8%)
CMYK8.7%, 29.9%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,625,087
CSS custom property--colour: #74597F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1239WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.04:1
Contrast with white6.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#8BA680

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#546181no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A647Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Tritanopia#745D67no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 24.3Dim grey · ΔE 25.4Light slate grey · ΔE 25.8Gray · ΔE 27.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.3Steel blue · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 24.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#647F59
Analogous#61597F, #7F5977
Triadic#7F7459, #597F74
Split complementary#777F59, #597F61
Tetradic#7F6159, #647F59, #59777F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5CADA
Lighter +30%#BEACC5
Lighter +20%#A68EB0
Lighter +10%#8E709B
Darker −10%#594461
Darker −20%#3D2F43
Darker −30%#221A25
Darker −40%#060507
More saturated +25%#7F3E9A
Less saturated −25%#6C6C6C

Channel breakdown

R116
G89
B127
Red116 (45.5%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue282.63°
Saturation (HSL)17.59%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 59 · B 7F

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