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Recognised as Colour

#620EC5

  • #620EC5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#620EC5 is a violet with RGB values 98, 14, 197 and HSL 268°, 87%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#620EC5#620EC5
HEX#620EC5
RGBrgb(98, 14, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.0549, 0.7725
RGB percentages38.4%, 5.5%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(267.5, 86.7%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.5, 92.9%, 77.3%)
CMYK50.3%, 92.9%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,426,309
CSS custom property--colour: #620EC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.79:1
Contrast with white8.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#9DF13A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0047C2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Tritanopia#414E74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.1Dark violet · ΔE 13.7Medium blue · ΔE 17.4Dark orchid · ΔE 19.4Dark blue · ΔE 24.2Navy · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#71C50E
Analogous#0E16C5, #BD0EC5
Triadic#C5620E, #0EC562
Split complementary#C5BD0E, #16C50E
Tetradic#C50E16, #71C50E, #0EC5BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCA6F9
Lighter +30%#B177F5
Lighter +20%#9547F2
Lighter +10%#7A17EF
Darker −10%#4A0B95
Darker −20%#330766
Darker −30%#1B0436
Darker −40%#030007
More saturated +25%#6100D3
Less saturated −25%#6428AB

Channel breakdown

R98
G14
B197
Red98 (38.4%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue267.54°
Saturation (HSL)86.73%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 62 · G 0E · B C5

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