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Recognised as Colour

#76598A

  • #76598A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#76598A is a violet with RGB values 118, 89, 138 and HSL 276°, 22%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#76598A#76598A
HEX#76598A
RGBrgb(118, 89, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.349, 0.5412
RGB percentages46.3%, 34.9%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(275.5, 21.6%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.5, 35.5%, 54.1%)
CMYK14.5%, 35.5%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,756,170
CSS custom property--colour: #76598A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.89:1
Contrast with white5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#89A675

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#50638Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#576589no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#74606Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 23Slate grey · ΔE 28.7Steel blue · ΔE 29.3Light slate grey · ΔE 29.8Dim grey · ΔE 31.5Plum · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 23.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D8A59
Analogous#5D598A, #8A5986
Triadic#8A7659, #598A76
Split complementary#868A59, #598A5E
Tetradic#8A5E59, #6D8A59, #59868A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9CFE0
Lighter +30%#C1B0CC
Lighter +20%#A891B8
Lighter +10%#9072A4
Darker −10%#5B456B
Darker −20%#41314C
Darker −30%#261D2D
Darker −40%#0C090E
More saturated +25%#7B3DA6
Less saturated −25%#727272

Channel breakdown

R118
G89
B138
Red118 (46.3%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue275.51°
Saturation (HSL)21.59%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G 59 · B 8A

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