Recognised as Colour

#601BA6

#601BA6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#601BA6 is a violet with RGB values 96, 27, 166 and HSL 270°, 72%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#601BA6#601BA6

HEX#601BA6

RGBrgb(96, 27, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.1059, 0.651

RGB percentages37.6%, 10.6%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(269.8, 72%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(269.8, 83.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK42.2%, 83.7%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,298,534

CSS custom property--colour: #601BA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.52:1

Contrast with white9.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#9FE459

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0045AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0044A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Tritanopia#4F4463no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 12.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 16.9 Dark blue · ΔE 17.5 Navy · ΔE 18.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.8 Dark magenta · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 12.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#61A61B

Analogous#1B1CA6, #A51BA6

Triadic#A6601B, #1BA660

Split complementary#A6A51B, #1CA61B

Tetradic#A61B1C, #61A61B, #1BA6A5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C69EEF

Lighter +30%#AD72E8

Lighter +20%#9346E1

Lighter +10%#7922D2

Darker −10%#47147A

Darker −20%#2D0D4E

Darker −30%#140622

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6003BE

Less saturated −25%#60338E

Channel breakdown

R96

G27

B166

Red96 (37.6%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue269.78°

Saturation (HSL)72.02%

Lightness37.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 60 · G 1B · B A6

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