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Recognised as Colour

#612A75

  • #612A75
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#612A75 is a violet with RGB values 97, 42, 117 and HSL 284°, 47%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#612A75#612A75
HEX#612A75
RGBrgb(97, 42, 117)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.1647, 0.4588
RGB percentages38%, 16.5%, 45.9%
HSLhsl(284, 47.2%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 64.1%, 45.9%)
CMYK17.1%, 64.1%, 0%, 54.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,367,861
CSS custom property--colour: #612A75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.02:1
Contrast with white10.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#9ED58A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#123F77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#2A4473no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#60374Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.2Purple · ΔE 21.7Midnight blue · ΔE 21.8Dark magenta · ΔE 26Indigo · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 15.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E752A
Analogous#3C2A75, #752A63
Triadic#75612A, #2A7561
Split complementary#63752A, #2A753C
Tetradic#753C2A, #3E752A, #2A6375

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C693D8
Lighter +30%#B26DCB
Lighter +20%#9E48BD
Lighter +10%#80379B
Darker −10%#421D4F
Darker −20%#230F2A
Darker −30%#040204
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6A1689
Less saturated −25%#583E61

Channel breakdown

R97
G42
B117
Red97 (38%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue117 (45.9%)
Hue284°
Saturation (HSL)47.17%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 2A · B 75

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