Recognised as Colour

#612AC3

#612AC3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#612AC3 is a violet with RGB values 97, 42, 195 and HSL 262°, 65%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#612AC3#612AC3

HEX#612AC3

RGBrgb(97, 42, 195)

RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.1647, 0.7647

RGB percentages38%, 16.5%, 76.5%

HSLhsl(261.6, 64.6%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.6, 78.5%, 76.5%)

CMYK50.3%, 78.5%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,367,939

CSS custom property--colour: #612AC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08137WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.99:1

Contrast with white7.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#9ED53C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0053C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#004DC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Tritanopia#405676no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 15.7 Blue violet · ΔE 15.7 Dark violet · ΔE 19.9 Dark blue · ΔE 20.7 Indigo · ΔE 22.3 Navy · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 15.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8CC32A

Analogous#2A40C3, #AD2AC3

Triadic#C3612A, #2AC361

Split complementary#C3AD2A, #40C32A

Tetradic#C32A40, #8CC32A, #2AC3AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D6C6F3

Lighter +30%#B89CEA

Lighter +20%#9A72E1

Lighter +10%#7C48D8

Darker −10%#4C2199

Darker −20%#37186F

Darker −30%#220F45

Darker −40%#0E061B

More saturated +25%#590CE1

Less saturated −25%#6948A5

Channel breakdown

R97

G42

B195

Red97 (38%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue195 (76.5%)

Hue261.57°

Saturation (HSL)64.56%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 61 · G 2A · B C3

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