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Recognised as Colour

#602F79

  • #602F79
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#602F79 is a violet with RGB values 96, 47, 121 and HSL 280°, 44%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#602F79#602F79
HEX#602F79
RGBrgb(96, 47, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.1843, 0.4745
RGB percentages37.6%, 18.4%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(279.7, 44%, 32.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.7, 61.2%, 47.5%)
CMYK20.7%, 61.2%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,303,609
CSS custom property--colour: #602F79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.63:1
Contrast with white9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#9FD086

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#17427Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#2B4677no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5D3C4Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 16Midnight blue · ΔE 21.3Purple · ΔE 23.5Indigo · ΔE 27Dark magenta · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 13.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#48792F
Analogous#3B2F79, #792F6D
Triadic#79602F, #2F7960
Split complementary#6D792F, #2F793B
Tetradic#793B2F, #48792F, #2F6D79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C49CD8
Lighter +30%#AE77CA
Lighter +20%#9852BC
Lighter +10%#7D3D9E
Darker −10%#432154
Darker −20%#261230
Darker −30%#09040B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#671A8E
Less saturated −25%#594464

Channel breakdown

R96
G47
B121
Red96 (37.6%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue279.73°
Saturation (HSL)44.05%
Lightness32.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 2F · B 79

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