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Recognised as Colour

#904AA7

  • #904AA7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#904AA7 is a violet with RGB values 144, 74, 167 and HSL 285°, 39%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#904AA7#904AA7
HEX#904AA7
RGBrgb(144, 74, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.2902, 0.6549
RGB percentages56.5%, 29%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(285.2, 38.6%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.2, 55.7%, 65.5%)
CMYK13.8%, 55.7%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,456,295
CSS custom property--colour: #904AA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13617WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.64:1
Contrast with white5.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#6FB558

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3563AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D69A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8F5971no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.2Medium purple · ΔE 18.3Medium orchid · ΔE 19.9Purple · ΔE 20Dark magenta · ΔE 21Slate blue · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 14.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61A74A
Analogous#624AA7, #A74A8F
Triadic#A7904A, #4AA790
Split complementary#8FA74A, #4AA762
Tetradic#A7624A, #61A74A, #4A8FA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5D2EB
Lighter +30%#D0AFDB
Lighter +20%#BC8BCC
Lighter +10%#A768BC
Darker −10%#723A84
Darker −20%#532B60
Darker −30%#351B3D
Darker −40%#160B1A
More saturated +25%#9F2CC5
Less saturated −25%#816889

Channel breakdown

R144
G74
B167
Red144 (56.5%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue285.16°
Saturation (HSL)38.59%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 4A · B A7

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