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Recognised as Colour

#603D88

  • #603D88
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#603D88 is a violet with RGB values 96, 61, 136 and HSL 268°, 38%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#603D88#603D88
HEX#603D88
RGBrgb(96, 61, 136)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.2392, 0.5333
RGB percentages37.6%, 23.9%, 53.3%
HSLhsl(268, 38.1%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268, 55.1%, 53.3%)
CMYK29.4%, 55.1%, 0%, 46.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,307,208
CSS custom property--colour: #603D88;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07602WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.33:1
Contrast with white8.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#9FC277

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#234D8Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#2E4E86no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#594B5Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.8Midnight blue · ΔE 21.7Slate blue · ΔE 25.1Medium purple · ΔE 26.3Purple · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#65883D
Analogous#3D4088, #863D88
Triadic#88603D, #3D8860
Split complementary#88863D, #40883D
Tetradic#883D40, #65883D, #3D8886

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7B4DD
Lighter +30%#AD91CD
Lighter +20%#936DBE
Lighter +10%#794DAB
Darker −10%#472D65
Darker −20%#2E1D42
Darker −30%#150E1E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5E24A1
Less saturated −25%#62566F

Channel breakdown

R96
G61
B136
Red96 (37.6%)
Green61 (23.9%)
Blue136 (53.3%)
Hue268°
Saturation (HSL)38.07%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 3D · B 88

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