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Recognised as Colour

#612BC6

  • #612BC6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#612BC6 is a violet with RGB values 97, 43, 198 and HSL 261°, 64%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#612BC6#612BC6
HEX#612BC6
RGBrgb(97, 43, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.1686, 0.7765
RGB percentages38%, 16.9%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(260.9, 64.3%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.9, 78.3%, 77.6%)
CMYK51%, 78.3%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,368,198
CSS custom property--colour: #612BC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.87:1
Contrast with white7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#9ED439

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#004EC3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Tritanopia#3D5878no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.9Dark orchid · ΔE 16Dark violet · ΔE 19.5Dark blue · ΔE 21.3Indigo · ΔE 23.5Medium blue · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90C62B
Analogous#2B42C6, #AF2BC6
Triadic#C6612B, #2BC661
Split complementary#C6AF2B, #42C62B
Tetradic#C62B42, #90C62B, #2BC6AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8CAF3
Lighter +30%#BAA0EA
Lighter +20%#9B76E1
Lighter +10%#7D4CD8
Darker −10%#4C229C
Darker −20%#381972
Darker −30%#231048
Darker −40%#0F071E
More saturated +25%#580DE4
Less saturated −25%#6A49A8

Channel breakdown

R97
G43
B198
Red97 (38%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue260.9°
Saturation (HSL)64.32%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 2B · B C6

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