Recognised as Colour

#783BA3

#783BA3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#783BA3 is a violet with RGB values 120, 59, 163 and HSL 275°, 47%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#783BA3

RGBrgb(120, 59, 163)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.2314, 0.6392

RGB percentages47.1%, 23.1%, 63.9%

HSLhsl(275.2, 46.8%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.2, 63.8%, 63.9%)

CMYK26.4%, 63.8%, 0%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,879,587

CSS custom property--colour: #783BA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09765WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.11:1

Contrast with white7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#87C45C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0056A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#2A59A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Tritanopia#725069no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.3 Slate blue · ΔE 17.1 Purple · ΔE 18.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 19.2 Indigo · ΔE 19.6 Medium purple · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.33, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#66A33B

Analogous#443BA3, #A33B9A

Triadic#A3783B, #3BA378

Split complementary#9AA33B, #3BA344

Tetradic#A3443B, #66A33B, #3B9AA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D8C1E9

Lighter +30%#C19CDB

Lighter +20%#AA76CE

Lighter +10%#9251C0

Darker −10%#5C2D7E

Darker −20%#412058

Darker −30%#251233

Darker −40%#0A050D

More saturated +25%#7D1FBF

Less saturated −25%#735787

Channel breakdown

R120

G59

B163

Red120 (47.1%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue163 (63.9%)

Hue275.19°

Saturation (HSL)46.85%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 78 · G 3B · B A3

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