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Colour

#603E7E

  • #603E7E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#603E7E is a violet with RGB values 96, 62, 126 and HSL 272°, 34%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#603E7E#603E7E
HEX#603E7E
RGBrgb(96, 62, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.2431, 0.4941
RGB percentages37.6%, 24.3%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(271.9, 34%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.9, 50.8%, 49.4%)
CMYK23.8%, 50.8%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,307,454
CSS custom property--colour: #603E7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.44:1
Contrast with white8.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#9FC181

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2D4C80no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#364D7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5C4958no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.44:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 11.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 22Midnight blue · ΔE 25.6Medium purple · ΔE 30.7Slate blue · ΔE 30.8Purple · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 11.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C7E3E
Analogous#403E7E, #7E3E7C
Triadic#7E603E, #3E7E60
Split complementary#7C7E3E, #3E7E40
Tetradic#7E403E, #5C7E3E, #3E7C7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5B0D8
Lighter +30%#AC8EC7
Lighter +20%#936CB6
Lighter +10%#7A4FA0
Darker −10%#462D5C
Darker −20%#2C1C3A
Darker −30%#120C17
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#612796
Less saturated −25%#5F5667

Channel breakdown

R96
G62
B126
Red96 (37.6%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue271.88°
Saturation (HSL)34.04%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 3E · B 7E

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