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Recognised as Colour

#774CCB

  • #774CCB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#774CCB is a violet with RGB values 119, 76, 203 and HSL 260°, 55%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#774CCB#774CCB
HEX#774CCB
RGBrgb(119, 76, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.298, 0.7961
RGB percentages46.7%, 29.8%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(260.3, 55%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.3, 62.6%, 79.6%)
CMYK41.4%, 62.6%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,818,443
CSS custom property--colour: #774CCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13403WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.71:1
Contrast with white5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#88B334

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0064C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#616984no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 10.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 11.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.7Medium purple · ΔE 17.8Dark orchid · ΔE 18.9Medium orchid · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 10.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0CB4C
Analogous#4C60CB, #B74CCB
Triadic#CB774C, #4CCB77
Split complementary#CBB74C, #60CB4C
Tetradic#CB4C60, #A0CB4C, #4CCBB7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFEAF9
Lighter +30%#D1C3ED
Lighter +20%#B39BE2
Lighter +10%#9574D6
Darker −10%#5E33B1
Darker −20%#492889
Darker −30%#341C62
Darker −40%#1F113A
More saturated +25%#6E2FE8
Less saturated −25%#8069AE

Channel breakdown

R119
G76
B203
Red119 (46.7%)
Green76 (29.8%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue260.31°
Saturation (HSL)54.98%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 4C · B CB

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