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Recognised as Colour

#61408C

  • #61408C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#61408C is a violet with RGB values 97, 64, 140 and HSL 266°, 37%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#61408C#61408C
HEX#61408C
RGBrgb(97, 64, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.251, 0.549
RGB percentages38%, 25.1%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(266.1, 37.3%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.1, 54.3%, 54.9%)
CMYK30.7%, 54.3%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,373,516
CSS custom property--colour: #61408C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08102WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.01:1
Contrast with white8.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#9EBF73

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#25508Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#2F508Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Tritanopia#594E60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 7.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.6Midnight blue · ΔE 22.2Slate blue · ΔE 24Medium purple · ΔE 25.2Purple · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6B8C40
Analogous#40458C, #87408C
Triadic#8C6140, #408C61
Split complementary#8C8740, #458C40
Tetradic#8C4045, #6B8C40, #408C87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAB9DF
Lighter +30%#AF96CF
Lighter +20%#9473BF
Lighter +10%#7950AF
Darker −10%#493069
Darker −20%#302046
Darker −30%#181023
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5E26A6
Less saturated −25%#645A73

Channel breakdown

R97
G64
B140
Red97 (38%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue266.05°
Saturation (HSL)37.25%
Lightness40%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 40 · B 8C

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