Recognised as Colour

#75409D

#75409D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#75409D is a violet with RGB values 117, 64, 157 and HSL 274°, 42%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#75409D

RGBrgb(117, 64, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.251, 0.6157

RGB percentages45.9%, 25.1%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(274.2, 42.1%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.2, 59.2%, 61.6%)

CMYK25.5%, 59.2%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,684,253

CSS custom property--colour: #75409D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.06:1

Contrast with white7.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#525252

Inverted#8ABF62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1D56A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#33599Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Tritanopia#6F5268no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 16 Slate blue · ΔE 18.2 Medium purple · ΔE 19.6 Purple · ΔE 20.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#689D40

Analogous#47409D, #9D4096

Triadic#9D7540, #409D75

Split complementary#969D40, #409D47

Tetradic#9D4740, #689D40, #40969D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D7C3E6

Lighter +30%#BF9ED8

Lighter +20%#A77AC9

Lighter +10%#8F56BA

Darker −10%#5A3179

Darker −20%#3F2255

Darker −30%#241430

Darker −40%#09050C

More saturated +25%#7924B9

Less saturated −25%#715C81

Channel breakdown

R117

G64

B157

Red117 (45.9%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue274.19°

Saturation (HSL)42.08%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 75 · G 40 · B 9D

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