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Recognised as Colour

#621CD4

  • #621CD4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#621CD4 is a violet with RGB values 98, 28, 212 and HSL 263°, 77%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#621CD4#621CD4
HEX#621CD4
RGBrgb(98, 28, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.1098, 0.8314
RGB percentages38.4%, 11%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(262.8, 76.7%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.8, 86.8%, 83.1%)
CMYK53.8%, 86.8%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,429,908
CSS custom property--colour: #621CD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.97:1
Contrast with white7.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#9DE32B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#004CD1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Tritanopia#34587Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.9Dark violet · ΔE 14.6Medium blue · ΔE 15Dark orchid · ΔE 21.7Dark blue · ΔE 27.7Blue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8ED41C
Analogous#1C32D4, #BE1CD4
Triadic#D4621C, #1CD462
Split complementary#D4BE1C, #32D41C
Tetradic#D41C32, #8ED41C, #1CD4BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8C5F7
Lighter +30%#BA98F1
Lighter +20%#9C6BEB
Lighter +10%#7D3EE5
Darker −10%#4D16A7
Darker −20%#38107A
Darker −30%#240A4D
Darker −40%#0F0420
More saturated +25%#5B00F0
Less saturated −25%#693AB6

Channel breakdown

R98
G28
B212
Red98 (38.4%)
Green28 (11%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue262.83°
Saturation (HSL)76.67%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 62 · G 1C · B D4

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