Recognised as Colour

#772FA4

#772FA4
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#772FA4 is a violet with RGB values 119, 47, 164 and HSL 277°, 55%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#772FA4

RGBrgb(119, 47, 164)

RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.1843, 0.6431

RGB percentages46.7%, 18.4%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(276.9, 55.5%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.9, 71.3%, 64.3%)

CMYK27.4%, 71.3%, 0%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,810,980

CSS custom property--colour: #772FA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08635WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.7:1

Contrast with white7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#88D05B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0050A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#1554A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original

Tritanopia#704966no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9 Indigo · ΔE 15.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 16.2 Purple · ΔE 16.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.2 Slate blue · ΔE 19.8

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#5CA42F

Analogous#3C2FA4, #A42F97

Triadic#A4772F, #2FA477

Split complementary#97A42F, #2FA43C

Tetradic#A43C2F, #5CA42F, #2F97A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D6B5EA

Lighter +30%#BF8EDE

Lighter +20%#A966D3

Lighter +10%#933EC8

Darker −10%#5A247C

Darker −20%#3D1855

Darker −30%#210D2D

Darker −40%#040205

More saturated +25%#7D15BE

Less saturated −25%#71498A

Channel breakdown

R119

G47

B164

Red119 (46.7%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue276.92°

Saturation (HSL)55.45%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 77 · G 2F · B A4

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