Recognised as Colour

#62009B

#62009B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#62009B is a violet with RGB values 98, 0, 155 and HSL 278°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#62009B

RGBrgb(98, 0, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0, 0.6078

RGB percentages38.4%, 0%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(277.9, 100%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.9, 100%, 60.8%)

CMYK36.8%, 100%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,422,683

CSS custom property--colour: #62009B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.54:1

Contrast with white10.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#9DFF64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003D9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003F98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Tritanopia#573759no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 11.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.7 Dark blue · ΔE 18.1 Navy · ΔE 19.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 21 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#399B00

Analogous#15009B, #9B0086

Triadic#9B6200, #009B62

Split complementary#869B00, #009B15

Tetradic#9B1500, #399B00, #00869B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C768FF

Lighter +30%#B535FF

Lighter +20%#A202FF

Lighter +10%#8200CE

Darker −10%#420068

Darker −20%#220035

Darker −30%#010002

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#62009B

Less saturated −25%#5D1388

Channel breakdown

R98

B155

Red98 (38.4%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue277.94°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 62 · G 00 · B 9B

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