Colour

#612ED8

#612ED8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#612ED8 is a violet with RGB values 97, 46, 216 and HSL 258°, 69%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#612ED8

RGBrgb(97, 46, 216)

RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.1804, 0.8471

RGB percentages38%, 18%, 84.7%

HSLhsl(258, 68.5%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258, 78.7%, 84.7%)

CMYK55.1%, 78.7%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,368,984

CSS custom property--colour: #612ED8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09453WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.26:1

Contrast with white7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#9ED127

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005ADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Deuteranopia#0052D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Tritanopia#2C6083no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.9 Dark violet · ΔE 17.4 Medium blue · ΔE 19 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.5 Dark blue · ΔE 26.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A5D82E

Analogous#2E50D8, #B62ED8

Triadic#D8612E, #2ED861

Split complementary#D8B62E, #50D82E

Tetradic#D82E50, #A5D82E, #2ED8B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3DAF8

Lighter +30%#C2AFF0

Lighter +20%#A284E8

Lighter +10%#8159E0

Darker −10%#4D21B2

Darker −20%#3A1987

Darker −30%#28115C

Darker −40%#150931

More saturated +25%#550FF7

Less saturated −25%#6D4DB9

Channel breakdown

R97

G46

B216

Red97 (38%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue216 (84.7%)

Hue258°

Saturation (HSL)68.55%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 61 · G 2E · B D8

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