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Recognised as Colour

#612E6D

  • #612E6D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#612E6D is a violet with RGB values 97, 46, 109 and HSL 289°, 41%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#612E6D#612E6D
HEX#612E6D
RGBrgb(97, 46, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.1804, 0.4275
RGB percentages38%, 18%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(288.6, 40.6%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.6, 57.8%, 42.7%)
CMYK11%, 57.8%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,368,877
CSS custom property--colour: #612E6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.91:1
Contrast with white9.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#9ED192

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#223F6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#33456Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#613749no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.6Midnight blue · ΔE 25.9Purple · ΔE 26.9Dark magenta · ΔE 31.4Indigo · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 17.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A6D2E
Analogous#412E6D, #6D2E5A
Triadic#6D612E, #2E6D61
Split complementary#5A6D2E, #2E6D41
Tetradic#6D412E, #3A6D2E, #2E5A6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C695D2
Lighter +30%#B371C3
Lighter +20%#A04DB4
Lighter +10%#813D91
Darker −10%#411F49
Darker −20%#211025
Darker −30%#010101
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6D1B80
Less saturated −25%#55415A

Channel breakdown

R97
G46
B109
Red97 (38%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue288.57°
Saturation (HSL)40.65%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 2E · B 6D

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