Recognised as Colour

#602BBA

#602BBA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#602BBA is a violet with RGB values 96, 43, 186 and HSL 262°, 62%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#602BBA#602BBA

HEX#602BBA

RGBrgb(96, 43, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.1686, 0.7294

RGB percentages37.6%, 16.9%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(262.2, 62.4%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.2, 76.9%, 72.9%)

CMYK48.4%, 76.9%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,302,650

CSS custom property--colour: #602BBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.23:1

Contrast with white8.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#9FD445

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0050BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#004CB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Tritanopia#445371no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 15.9 Indigo · ΔE 18.4 Dark blue · ΔE 19.3 Blue violet · ΔE 19.9 Navy · ΔE 21.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 15.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#85BA2B

Analogous#2B3DBA, #A82BBA

Triadic#BA602B, #2BBA60

Split complementary#BAA72B, #3DBA2B

Tetradic#BA2B3D, #85BA2B, #2BBAA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D2C0F1

Lighter +30%#B597E7

Lighter +20%#976EDD

Lighter +10%#7944D4

Darker −10%#4B2191

Darker −20%#351867

Darker −30%#200E3E

Darker −40%#0A0514

More saturated +25%#590ED7

Less saturated −25%#67489D

Channel breakdown

R96

G43

B186

Red96 (37.6%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue262.24°

Saturation (HSL)62.45%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 60 · G 2B · B BA

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Colour values

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