Recognised as Colour

#602FAE

#602FAE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#602FAE is a violet with RGB values 96, 47, 174 and HSL 263°, 57%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#602FAE#602FAE

HEX#602FAE

RGBrgb(96, 47, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.1843, 0.6824

RGB percentages37.6%, 18.4%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(263.1, 57.5%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.1, 73%, 68.2%)

CMYK44.8%, 73%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,303,662

CSS custom property--colour: #602FAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07576WCAG 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 8.35:1

Contrast with white8.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#9FD051

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004FB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#004CACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Tritanopia#4A506Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.9 Indigo · ΔE 14.3 Slate blue · ΔE 18.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 19 Dark blue · ΔE 20.5 Navy · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 13.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7DAE2F

Analogous#2F3EAE, #9F2FAE

Triadic#AE602F, #2FAE60

Split complementary#AEA02F, #3DAE2F

Tetradic#AE2F3E, #7DAE2F, #2FAE9F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CFBCED

Lighter +30%#B294E2

Lighter +20%#956CD7

Lighter +10%#7844CC

Darker −10%#4A2486

Darker −20%#34195E

Darker −30%#1E0E36

Darker −40%#07040D

More saturated +25%#5A13CA

Less saturated −25%#664B92

Channel breakdown

R96

G47

B174

Red96 (37.6%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue263.15°

Saturation (HSL)57.47%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 60 · G 2F · B AE

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