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Colour

#753AA9

  • #753AA9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#753AA9 is a violet with RGB values 117, 58, 169 and HSL 272°, 49%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#753AA9#753AA9
HEX#753AA9
RGBrgb(117, 58, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.2275, 0.6627
RGB percentages45.9%, 22.7%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(271.9, 48.9%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.9, 65.7%, 66.3%)
CMYK30.8%, 65.7%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,682,729
CSS custom property--colour: #753AA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.16:1
Contrast with white7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#8AC556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#1C58A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6C526Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 6.3Slate blue · ΔE 15.6Indigo · ΔE 17.9Purple · ΔE 19.5Dark magenta · ΔE 19.9Medium purple · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6EA93A
Analogous#3D3AA9, #A93AA6
Triadic#A9753A, #3AA975
Split complementary#A6A93A, #3AA93D
Tetradic#A93D3A, #6EA93A, #3AA6A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9C4EB
Lighter +30%#C09EDE
Lighter +20%#A778D1
Lighter +10%#8F52C4
Darker −10%#5B2D83
Darker −20%#40205D
Darker −30%#261337
Darker −40%#0C0611
More saturated +25%#771EC5
Less saturated −25%#73568D

Channel breakdown

R117
G58
B169
Red117 (45.9%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue271.89°
Saturation (HSL)48.9%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G 3A · B A9

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