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Recognised as Colour

#6020CA

  • #6020CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6020CA is a violet with RGB values 96, 32, 202 and HSL 263°, 73%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6020CA#6020CA
HEX#6020CA
RGBrgb(96, 32, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.1255, 0.7922
RGB percentages37.6%, 12.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(262.6, 72.6%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.6, 84.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK52.5%, 84.2%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,299,850
CSS custom property--colour: #6020CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.21:1
Contrast with white8.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#9FDF35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#004BC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#385579no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.3Dark violet · ΔE 15.8Dark orchid · ΔE 18.3Medium blue · ΔE 18.8Dark blue · ΔE 23.3Navy · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8ACA20
Analogous#2035CA, #B520CA
Triadic#CA6020, #20CA60
Split complementary#CAB520, #35CA20
Tetradic#CA2035, #8ACA20, #20CAB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5C1F5
Lighter +30%#B695EE
Lighter +20%#9869E7
Lighter +10%#7A3DE0
Darker −10%#4B199E
Darker −20%#361272
Darker −30%#210B46
Darker −40%#0C041A
More saturated +25%#5903E7
Less saturated −25%#673DAD

Channel breakdown

R96
G32
B202
Red96 (37.6%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue262.59°
Saturation (HSL)72.65%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 20 · B CA

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