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Recognised as Colour

#603FBC

  • #603FBC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#603FBC is a violet with RGB values 96, 63, 188 and HSL 256°, 50%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#603FBC#603FBC
HEX#603FBC
RGBrgb(96, 63, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.2471, 0.7373
RGB percentages37.6%, 24.7%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(255.8, 49.8%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.8, 66.5%, 73.7%)
CMYK48.9%, 66.5%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,307,772
CSS custom property--colour: #603FBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.16:1
Contrast with white7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#9FC043

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#415E78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 12.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.9Indigo · ΔE 19.8Dark orchid · ΔE 21.4Royal blue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 12.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BBC3F
Analogous#3F5CBC, #9F3FBC
Triadic#BC603F, #3FBC60
Split complementary#BC9F3F, #5CBC3F
Tetradic#BC3F5C, #9BBC3F, #3FBC9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDD6F1
Lighter +30%#BEB0E4
Lighter +20%#9E89D8
Lighter +10%#7F63CB
Darker −10%#4C3296
Darker −20%#392570
Darker −30%#251949
Darker −40%#120C23
More saturated +25%#5120DB
Less saturated −25%#6F5E9D

Channel breakdown

R96
G63
B188
Red96 (37.6%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue255.84°
Saturation (HSL)49.8%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 3F · B BC

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