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Recognised as Colour

#622CD5

  • #622CD5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#622CD5 is a violet with RGB values 98, 44, 213 and HSL 259°, 67%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#622CD5#622CD5
HEX#622CD5
RGBrgb(98, 44, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.1725, 0.8353
RGB percentages38.4%, 17.3%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(259.2, 66.8%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.2, 79.3%, 83.5%)
CMYK54%, 79.3%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,434,005
CSS custom property--colour: #622CD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.39:1
Contrast with white7.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#9DD32A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Tritanopia#325E81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.7Dark violet · ΔE 16.9Dark orchid · ΔE 18.8Medium blue · ΔE 19.4Dark blue · ΔE 25.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FD52C
Analogous#2C4AD5, #B72CD5
Triadic#D5622C, #2CD562
Split complementary#D5B72C, #4AD52C
Tetradic#D52C4A, #9FD52C, #2CD5B7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1D6F7
Lighter +30%#C1ACEE
Lighter +20%#A181E6
Lighter +10%#8257DD
Darker −10%#4E22AC
Darker −20%#3B1A81
Darker −30%#271157
Darker −40%#14092C
More saturated +25%#570CF5
Less saturated −25%#6D4CB5

Channel breakdown

R98
G44
B213
Red98 (38.4%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue259.17°
Saturation (HSL)66.8%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 62 · G 2C · B D5

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