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Recognised as Colour

#612A72

  • #612A72
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#612A72 is a violet with RGB values 97, 42, 114 and HSL 286°, 46%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#612A72#612A72
HEX#612A72
RGBrgb(97, 42, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.1647, 0.4471
RGB percentages38%, 16.5%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(285.8, 46.2%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.8, 63.2%, 44.7%)
CMYK14.9%, 63.2%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,367,858
CSS custom property--colour: #612A72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.08:1
Contrast with white10.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#9ED58D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#163E74no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#2C4470no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#60364Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.9Purple · ΔE 22.7Midnight blue · ΔE 22.8Dark magenta · ΔE 27.1Indigo · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 15.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3B722A
Analogous#3D2A72, #722A5F
Triadic#72612A, #2A7261
Split complementary#5F722A, #2A723D
Tetradic#723D2A, #3B722A, #2A5F72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C691D7
Lighter +30%#B36CC9
Lighter +20%#A047BB
Lighter +10%#813897
Darker −10%#411C4D
Darker −20%#220F27
Darker −30%#020102
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6B1686
Less saturated −25%#573E5F

Channel breakdown

R97
G42
B114
Red97 (38%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue285.83°
Saturation (HSL)46.15%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 2A · B 72

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