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Recognised as Colour

#60256D

  • #60256D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#60256D is a violet with RGB values 96, 37, 109 and HSL 289°, 49%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#60256D#60256D
HEX#60256D
RGBrgb(96, 37, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.1451, 0.4275
RGB percentages37.6%, 14.5%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(289.2, 49.3%, 28.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.2, 66.1%, 42.7%)
CMYK11.9%, 66.1%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,301,037
CSS custom property--colour: #60256D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04914WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.59:1
Contrast with white10.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#9FDA92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#123B6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#2B416Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Tritanopia#603145no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.9Purple · ΔE 22Midnight blue · ΔE 23.2Dark magenta · ΔE 26.6Indigo · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 17.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#326D25
Analogous#3C256D, #6D2556
Triadic#6D6025, #256D60
Split complementary#566D25, #256D3C
Tetradic#6D3C25, #326D25, #25566D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C888D6
Lighter +30%#B761CA
Lighter +20%#A33FB9
Lighter +10%#823293
Darker −10%#3E1847
Darker −20%#1D0B21
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6C137F
Less saturated −25%#54375B

Channel breakdown

R96
G37
B109
Red96 (37.6%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue289.17°
Saturation (HSL)49.32%
Lightness28.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 25 · B 6D

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