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Recognised as Colour

#775DBE

  • #775DBE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#775DBE is a violet with RGB values 119, 93, 190 and HSL 256°, 43%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#775DBE#775DBE
HEX#775DBE
RGBrgb(119, 93, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.3647, 0.7451
RGB percentages46.7%, 36.5%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(256.1, 42.7%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.1, 51.1%, 74.5%)
CMYK37.4%, 51.1%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,822,782
CSS custom property--colour: #775DBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.13:1
Contrast with white5.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#88A241

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#376FC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#3C6CBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#657085no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.8Slate blue · ΔE 10.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.8Royal blue · ΔE 19Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4BE5D
Analogous#5D73BE, #A85DBE
Triadic#BE775D, #5DBE77
Split complementary#BEA75D, #74BE5D
Tetradic#BE5D73, #A4BE5D, #5DBEA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EFF8
Lighter +30%#D3CAEA
Lighter +20%#B4A6DB
Lighter +10%#9681CD
Darker −10%#5D42A6
Darker −20%#493481
Darker −30%#34255D
Darker −40%#201738
More saturated +25%#6A41DA
Less saturated −25%#8479A2

Channel breakdown

R119
G93
B190
Red119 (46.7%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue256.08°
Saturation (HSL)42.73%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 5D · B BE

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