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Recognised as Colour

#61596E

  • #61596E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#61596E is a violet with RGB values 97, 89, 110 and HSL 263°, 11%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#61596E#61596E
HEX#61596E
RGBrgb(97, 89, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.349, 0.4314
RGB percentages38%, 34.9%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(262.9, 10.6%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.9, 19.1%, 43.1%)
CMYK11.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,379,886
CSS custom property--colour: #61596E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.64:1
Contrast with white6.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#9EA691

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#555C6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#575C6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5F5C60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 14.3Slate grey · ΔE 16.8Light slate grey · ΔE 19.4Gray · ΔE 19.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.2Steel blue · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 14.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#666E59
Analogous#595C6E, #6C596E
Triadic#6E6159, #596E61
Split complementary#6E6C59, #5C6E59
Tetradic#6E595C, #666E59, #596E6C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8C4CF
Lighter +30%#AEA8B8
Lighter +20%#948BA2
Lighter +10%#7A708A
Darker −10%#484252
Darker −20%#2F2B36
Darker −30%#161519
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5B4087
Less saturated −25%#646464

Channel breakdown

R97
G89
B110
Red97 (38%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue262.86°
Saturation (HSL)10.55%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 59 · B 6E

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