Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#75557B

  • #75557B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#75557B is a magenta with RGB values 117, 85, 123 and HSL 291°, 18%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#75557B#75557B
HEX#75557B
RGBrgb(117, 85, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.3333, 0.4824
RGB percentages45.9%, 33.3%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(290.5, 18.3%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(290.5, 30.9%, 48.2%)
CMYK4.9%, 30.9%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,689,595
CSS custom property--colour: #75557B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.28:1
Contrast with white6.28:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#8AAA84

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#515E7Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#58617Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#765963no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 26.3Dim grey · ΔE 26.4Light slate grey · ΔE 27.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.2Gray · ΔE 29.1Steel blue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 26.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5B7B55
Analogous#62557B, #7B556E
Triadic#7B7555, #557B75
Split complementary#6E7B55, #557B62
Tetradic#7B6255, #5B7B55, #556E7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4C5D7
Lighter +30%#BEA7C2
Lighter +20%#A889AD
Lighter +10%#916B98
Darker −10%#58405D
Darker −20%#3C2B3F
Darker −30%#1F1621
Darker −40%#020202
More saturated +25%#873B95
Less saturated −25%#686868

Channel breakdown

R117
G85
B123
Red117 (45.9%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue290.53°
Saturation (HSL)18.27%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G 55 · B 7B

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 “75557b” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.