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Recognised as Colour

#772F8E

  • #772F8E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#772F8E is a violet with RGB values 119, 47, 142 and HSL 285°, 50%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#772F8E#772F8E
HEX#772F8E
RGBrgb(119, 47, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.1843, 0.5569
RGB percentages46.7%, 18.4%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(285.5, 50.3%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.5, 66.9%, 55.7%)
CMYK16.2%, 66.9%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,810,958
CSS custom property--colour: #772F8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.13:1
Contrast with white8.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#88D071

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#094B91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#31528Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Tritanopia#76405Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9Purple · ΔE 13.5Dark magenta · ΔE 16.3Indigo · ΔE 20.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.7Slate blue · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#468E2F
Analogous#472F8E, #8E2F76
Triadic#8E772F, #2F8E77
Split complementary#768E2F, #2F8E47
Tetradic#8E472F, #468E2F, #2F768E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4A7E2
Lighter +30%#C181D5
Lighter +20%#AE5AC9
Lighter +10%#973CB4
Darker −10%#572268
Darker −20%#371641
Darker −30%#17091B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8317A6
Less saturated −25%#6B4776

Channel breakdown

R119
G47
B142
Red119 (46.7%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue285.47°
Saturation (HSL)50.26%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 2F · B 8E

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