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Recognised as Colour

#600CE3

  • #600CE3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#600CE3 is a violet with RGB values 96, 12, 227 and HSL 263°, 90%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#600CE3#600CE3
HEX#600CE3
RGBrgb(96, 12, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.0471, 0.8902
RGB percentages37.6%, 4.7%, 89%
HSLhsl(263.4, 90%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.4, 94.7%, 89%)
CMYK57.7%, 94.7%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,294,755
CSS custom property--colour: #600CE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.9:1
Contrast with white7.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#9FF31C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#004CE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#185C86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 11.9Blue violet · ΔE 15.7Dark violet · ΔE 18.6Blue · ΔE 20.8Dark orchid · ΔE 30.4Dark blue · ΔE 36
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 11.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FE30C
Analogous#0C23E3, #CC0CE3
Triadic#E3600C, #0CE360
Split complementary#E3CC0C, #23E30C
Tetradic#E30C23, #8FE30C, #0CE3CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7BFFC
Lighter +30%#B88FF9
Lighter +20%#9A5EF7
Lighter +10%#7B2EF4
Darker −10%#4C09B3
Darker −20%#370782
Darker −30%#230452
Darker −40%#0E0221
More saturated +25%#5D00EF
Less saturated −25%#672AC5

Channel breakdown

R96
G12
B227
Red96 (37.6%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue263.44°
Saturation (HSL)89.96%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 0C · B E3

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