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Recognised as Colour

#745CBC

  • #745CBC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#745CBC is a violet with RGB values 116, 92, 188 and HSL 255°, 42%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#745CBC#745CBC
HEX#745CBC
RGBrgb(116, 92, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.3608, 0.7373
RGB percentages45.5%, 36.1%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(255, 41.7%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 51.1%, 73.7%)
CMYK38.3%, 51.1%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,625,916
CSS custom property--colour: #745CBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.25:1
Contrast with white5.25:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#8BA343

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#356DBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#3A6ABAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Tritanopia#626F83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.7Slate blue · ΔE 11Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.9Royal blue · ΔE 18.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4BC5C
Analogous#5C74BC, #A45CBC
Triadic#BC745C, #5CBC74
Split complementary#BCA45C, #74BC5C
Tetradic#BC5C74, #A4BC5C, #5CBCA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFEDF7
Lighter +30%#D0C8E9
Lighter +20%#B2A4DA
Lighter +10%#9380CB
Darker −10%#5B43A2
Darker −20%#46347E
Darker −30%#32255A
Darker −40%#1E1636
More saturated +25%#663FD9
Less saturated −25%#82799F

Channel breakdown

R116
G92
B188
Red116 (45.5%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue255°
Saturation (HSL)41.74%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 5C · B BC

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