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Recognised as Colour

#7753CA

  • #7753CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#7753CA is a violet with RGB values 119, 83, 202 and HSL 258°, 53%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#7753CA#7753CA
HEX#7753CA
RGBrgb(119, 83, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.3255, 0.7922
RGB percentages46.7%, 32.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(258.2, 52.9%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.2, 58.9%, 79.2%)
CMYK41.1%, 58.9%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,820,234
CSS custom property--colour: #7753CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.42:1
Contrast with white5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#88AC35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#1568C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#616D86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.87:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 6.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 11.3Medium purple · ΔE 13.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.4Royal blue · ΔE 18.1Medium orchid · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 6.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6CA53
Analogous#536BCA, #B353CA
Triadic#CA7753, #53CA77
Split complementary#CAB353, #6BCA53
Tetradic#CA536B, #A6CA53, #53CAB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2EFFA
Lighter +30%#D3C8EE
Lighter +20%#B5A1E2
Lighter +10%#967AD6
Darker −10%#5D37B3
Darker −20%#482B8C
Darker −30%#341F65
Darker −40%#20133E
More saturated +25%#6C37E6
Less saturated −25%#826FAE

Channel breakdown

R119
G83
B202
Red119 (46.7%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue258.15°
Saturation (HSL)52.89%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 53 · B CA

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