Information about Dirty Purple color

#734A65 - Dirty Purple color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#734A65, known as "Dirty Purple", falls into the Rose Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(115, 74, 101) — 45.1% red, 29% green, 39.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 16 / 5 / 55. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#734A65 is a calm, restrained rose that sits comfortably between light and dark. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Cosmic (#794D60). Nearby in the Register you will also find Cordite (#6D4658) and Victoria Red (#723A68).

In RGB terms — rgb(115, 74, 101) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 7.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.9:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Dirty Purple" in the Register.

Dirty Purple color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Dirty Purple color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to Dirty Purple

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Cosmic color link
Cosmic

#794D60

Cordite color link
Cordite

#6D4658

Victoria Red color link
Victoria Red

#723A68

Dull Purple color link
Dull Purple

#7F525D

Minx color link
Minx

#68535B

Bloom color link
Bloom

#6F5B6C

Bruise color link
Bruise

#7E4071

Memory color link
Memory

#7C5B63

Sorghum color link
Sorghum

#74396F

Dark Mauve color link
Dark Mauve

#874C62

Finn color link
Finn

#694554

Fedora color link
Fedora

#625665

Dirty Purple color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#734A65
  • RGB115, 74, 101
  • CMYK0, 16, 5, 55
  • CSSrgb(115, 74, 101)
  • HSL320°, 22%, 37%
  • HSL Precise320.488°, 21.693%, 37.059%
  • HSV320°, 36%, 45%
  • HSB320°, 36%, 45%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.451
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.290
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • GLSLvec3(0.451, 0.290, 0.396)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.451, 0.290, 0.396, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.451, 0.290, 0.396)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB45.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB29%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB39.6%
  • Color Family (Hue)Rose
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID734A65
  • DECIMAL ID7555685
  • Name Length12
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