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Recognised as Colour

#7550AE

  • #7550AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7550AE is a violet with RGB values 117, 80, 174 and HSL 264°, 37%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#7550AE#7550AE
HEX#7550AE
RGBrgb(117, 80, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.3137, 0.6824
RGB percentages45.9%, 31.4%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(263.6, 37%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.6, 54%, 68.2%)
CMYK32.8%, 54%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,688,366
CSS custom property--colour: #7550AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.97:1
Contrast with white5.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#8AAF51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2C63B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#3763ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#696277no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.9Slate blue · ΔE 13.3Medium purple · ΔE 13.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.2Royal blue · ΔE 23.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 11.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89AE50
Analogous#505AAE, #A450AE
Triadic#AE7550, #50AE75
Split complementary#AEA450, #5AAE50
Tetradic#AE505A, #89AE50, #50AEA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3DBEF
Lighter +30%#C7B8DF
Lighter +20%#AC96CE
Lighter +10%#9073BE
Darker −10%#5E408B
Darker −20%#463068
Darker −30%#2F2045
Darker −40%#171022
More saturated +25%#6E30CE
Less saturated −25%#7C708E

Channel breakdown

R117
G80
B174
Red117 (45.9%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue263.62°
Saturation (HSL)37.01%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G 50 · B AE

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