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Recognised as Colour

#604F79

  • #604F79
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#604F79 is a violet with RGB values 96, 79, 121 and HSL 264°, 21%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#604F79#604F79
HEX#604F79
RGBrgb(96, 79, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.3098, 0.4745
RGB percentages37.6%, 31%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(264.3, 21%, 39.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.3, 34.7%, 47.5%)
CMYK20.7%, 34.7%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,311,801
CSS custom property--colour: #604F79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09459WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.26:1
Contrast with white7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#9FB086

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#46567Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#495778no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Tritanopia#5C555Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.7Slate grey · ΔE 26.7Dim grey · ΔE 27.9Steel blue · ΔE 27.9Light slate grey · ΔE 28.5Gray · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 23.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68794F
Analogous#4F5379, #754F79
Triadic#79604F, #4F7960
Split complementary#79754F, #53794F
Tetradic#794F53, #68794F, #4F7975

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8BFD5
Lighter +30%#ADA0C1
Lighter +20%#9381AD
Lighter +10%#786398
Darker −10%#483B5A
Darker −20%#2F273B
Darker −30%#17131C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5B3692
Less saturated −25%#646464

Channel breakdown

R96
G79
B121
Red96 (37.6%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue264.29°
Saturation (HSL)21%
Lightness39.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 4F · B 79

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