Recognised as Colour

#602BB3

#602BB3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#602BB3 is a violet with RGB values 96, 43, 179 and HSL 263°, 61%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#602BB3

RGBrgb(96, 43, 179)

RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.1686, 0.702

RGB percentages37.6%, 16.9%, 70.2%

HSLhsl(263.4, 61.3%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.4, 76%, 70.2%)

CMYK46.4%, 76%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,302,643

CSS custom property--colour: #602BB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07469WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness86.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.42:1

Contrast with white8.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#9FD44C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004EB7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#004BB0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Tritanopia#48506Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 15.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 16.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.4 Dark blue · ΔE 19.1 Navy · ΔE 20.5 Slate blue · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 15.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7EB32B

Analogous#2B3AB3, #A42BB3

Triadic#B3602B, #2BB360

Split complementary#B3A42B, #3AB32B

Tetradic#B32B3A, #7EB32B, #2BB3A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CFBBEF

Lighter +30%#B292E5

Lighter +20%#9569DB

Lighter +10%#7840D1

Darker −10%#4A218A

Darker −20%#341761

Darker −30%#1E0D38

Darker −40%#08030F

More saturated +25%#5A0FCF

Less saturated −25%#664797

Channel breakdown

R96

G43

B179

Red96 (37.6%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue179 (70.2%)

Hue263.38°

Saturation (HSL)61.26%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 60 · G 2B · B B3

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