Recognised as Colour

#600FB9

#600FB9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#600FB9 is a violet with RGB values 96, 15, 185 and HSL 269°, 85%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#600FB9#600FB9

HEX#600FB9

RGBrgb(96, 15, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.0588, 0.7255

RGB percentages37.6%, 5.9%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(268.6, 85%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.6, 91.9%, 72.5%)

CMYK48.1%, 91.9%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,295,481

CSS custom property--colour: #600FB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.27:1

Contrast with white9.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#9FF046

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0048BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0045B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Tritanopia#45496Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.2 Dark violet · ΔE 16.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.1 Dark blue · ΔE 20.2 Medium blue · ΔE 21.7 Indigo · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#68B90F

Analogous#0F13B9, #B50FB9

Triadic#B9600F, #0FB960

Split complementary#B9B50F, #13B90F

Tetradic#B90F13, #68B90F, #0FB9B5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C89DF7

Lighter +30%#AD6EF3

Lighter +20%#933FEF

Lighter +10%#7813E8

Darker −10%#480B8A

Darker −20%#2F075B

Darker −30%#17042B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5F00C8

Less saturated −25%#6128A0

Channel breakdown

R96

G15

B185

Red96 (37.6%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue268.59°

Saturation (HSL)85%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 60 · G 0F · B B9

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