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Recognised as Colour

#774FBD

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

#774FBD is a violet with RGB values 119, 79, 189 and HSL 262°, 45%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#774FBD#774FBD
HEX#774FBD
RGBrgb(119, 79, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.3098, 0.7412
RGB percentages46.7%, 31%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(261.8, 45.5%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.8, 58.2%, 74.1%)
CMYK37%, 58.2%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,819,197
CSS custom property--colour: #774FBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.77:1
Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#88B042

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1266C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#2664BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Tritanopia#67667Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 7.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.5Medium purple · ΔE 12.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.1Royal blue · ΔE 20.2Medium orchid · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 7.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95BD4F
Analogous#4F5EBD, #AE4FBD
Triadic#BD774F, #4FBD77
Split complementary#BDAE4F, #5EBD4F
Tetradic#BD4F5E, #95BD4F, #4FBDAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE3F5
Lighter +30%#CDBEE7
Lighter +20%#B099D9
Lighter +10%#9474CB
Darker −10%#5F3B9E
Darker −20%#492D79
Darker −30%#321F54
Darker −40%#1C112F
More saturated +25%#6F31DB
Less saturated −25%#7F6D9F

Channel breakdown

R119
G79
B189
Red119 (46.7%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue261.82°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 4F · B BD

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