Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#75308D

  • #75308D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#75308D is a violet with RGB values 117, 48, 141 and HSL 285°, 49%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#75308D#75308D
HEX#75308D
RGBrgb(117, 48, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.1882, 0.5529
RGB percentages45.9%, 18.8%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(284.5, 49.2%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.5, 66%, 55.3%)
CMYK17%, 66%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,680,141
CSS custom property--colour: #75308D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07819WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.19:1
Contrast with white8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#8ACF72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0C4B90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#30518Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Tritanopia#74415Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.9Purple · ΔE 14.5Dark magenta · ΔE 17.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.6Indigo · ΔE 20.8Slate blue · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#488D30
Analogous#46308D, #8D3077
Triadic#8D7530, #308D75
Split complementary#778D30, #308D46
Tetradic#8D4630, #488D30, #30778D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2A8E1
Lighter +30%#BF82D4
Lighter +20%#AC5CC7
Lighter +10%#953DB3
Darker −10%#552367
Darker −20%#361641
Darker −30%#16091B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8018A5
Less saturated −25%#6A4875

Channel breakdown

R117
G48
B141
Red117 (45.9%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue284.52°
Saturation (HSL)49.21%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G 30 · B 8D

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “75308d” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.