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Recognised as Colour

#77308D

  • #77308D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#77308D is a violet with RGB values 119, 48, 141 and HSL 286°, 49%, 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

#77308D#77308D
HEX#77308D
RGBrgb(119, 48, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.1882, 0.5529
RGB percentages46.7%, 18.8%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(285.8, 49.2%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.8, 66%, 55.3%)
CMYK15.6%, 66%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,811,213
CSS custom property--colour: #77308D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07959WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.1:1
Contrast with white8.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#88CF72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0F4B90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#32528Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Tritanopia#76415Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.5Purple · ΔE 14Dark magenta · ΔE 17Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.2Indigo · ΔE 21.2Slate blue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#468D30
Analogous#48308D, #8D3075
Triadic#8D7730, #308D77
Split complementary#758D30, #308D49
Tetradic#8D4930, #468D30, #30758D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4A8E1
Lighter +30%#C182D4
Lighter +20%#AE5CC7
Lighter +10%#973DB3
Darker −10%#572367
Darker −20%#371641
Darker −30%#17091B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8318A5
Less saturated −25%#6B4875

Channel breakdown

R119
G48
B141
Red119 (46.7%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue285.81°
Saturation (HSL)49.21%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 30 · B 8D

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