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Recognised as Colour

#602B59

  • #602B59
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#602B59 is a magenta with RGB values 96, 43, 89 and HSL 308°, 38%, 27%. 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

#602B59#602B59
HEX#602B59
RGBrgb(96, 43, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.1686, 0.349
RGB percentages37.6%, 16.9%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(307.9, 38.1%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(307.9, 55.2%, 37.6%)
CMYK0%, 55.2%, 7.3%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,302,553
CSS custom property--colour: #602B59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04936WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.57:1
Contrast with white10.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#9FD4A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#2A3A5Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#394258no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Tritanopia#642F3Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 26.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#2B6032
Analogous#4C2B60, #602B3F
Triadic#59602B, #2B5960
Split complementary#3F602B, #2B604C
Tetradic#604C2B, #2B6032, #2B3F60

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#CB8CC3
Lighter +30%#BC68B1
Lighter +20%#A64B9A
Lighter +10%#833B7A
Darker −10%#3D1B38
Darker −20%#1A0B18
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#711A66
Less saturated −25%#4F3C4C

Channel breakdown

R96
G43
B89
Red96 (37.6%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue307.92°
Saturation (HSL)38.13%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 60 · G 2B · B 59

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