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Recognised as Colour

#601AC5

  • #601AC5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#601AC5 is a violet with RGB values 96, 26, 197 and HSL 265°, 77%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#601AC5#601AC5
HEX#601AC5
RGBrgb(96, 26, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.102, 0.7725
RGB percentages37.6%, 10.2%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(264.6, 76.7%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.6, 86.8%, 77.3%)
CMYK51.3%, 86.8%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,298,309
CSS custom property--colour: #601AC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07257WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.57:1
Contrast with white8.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#9FE53A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004EC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0049C2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3D5175no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.8Dark violet · ΔE 15.4Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1Medium blue · ΔE 19.1Dark blue · ΔE 22.5Indigo · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7FC51A
Analogous#1A29C5, #B61AC5
Triadic#C5601A, #1AC560
Split complementary#C5B61A, #29C51A
Tetradic#C51A29, #7FC51A, #1AC5B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D0B6F5
Lighter +30%#B389EF
Lighter +20%#965CE9
Lighter +10%#792FE3
Darker −10%#4A1498
Darker −20%#340E6B
Darker −30%#1E083E
Darker −40%#080211
More saturated +25%#5B00DF
Less saturated −25%#6536A9

Channel breakdown

R96
G26
B197
Red96 (37.6%)
Green26 (10.2%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue264.56°
Saturation (HSL)76.68%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 1A · B C5

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