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Recognised as Colour

#765AC9

  • #765AC9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#765AC9 is a violet with RGB values 118, 90, 201 and HSL 255°, 51%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#765AC9#765AC9
HEX#765AC9
RGBrgb(118, 90, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.3529, 0.7882
RGB percentages46.3%, 35.3%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(255.1, 50.7%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.1, 55.2%, 78.8%)
CMYK41.3%, 55.2%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,756,489
CSS custom property--colour: #765AC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.15:1
Contrast with white5.15:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#89A536

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#216FCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#286BC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5F7289no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 4.1Medium purple · ΔE 9.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.9Royal blue · ΔE 16Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 4.05, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADC95A
Analogous#5A76C9, #AD5AC9
Triadic#C9765A, #5AC976
Split complementary#C9AD5A, #76C95A
Tetradic#C95A76, #ADC95A, #5AC9AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F4FB
Lighter +30%#D6CDEF
Lighter +20%#B6A7E2
Lighter +10%#9680D6
Darker −10%#5A3BB5
Darker −20%#472F8E
Darker −30%#342268
Darker −40%#211542
More saturated +25%#683FE4
Less saturated −25%#8475AE

Channel breakdown

R118
G90
B201
Red118 (46.3%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue255.14°
Saturation (HSL)50.68%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G 5A · B C9

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