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Recognised as Colour

#622D8F

  • #622D8F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#622D8F is a violet with RGB values 98, 45, 143 and HSL 272°, 52%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#622D8F#622D8F
HEX#622D8F
RGBrgb(98, 45, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.1765, 0.5608
RGB percentages38.4%, 17.6%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(272.4, 52.1%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.4, 68.5%, 56.1%)
CMYK31.5%, 68.5%, 0%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,434,191
CSS custom property--colour: #622D8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06457WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.17:1
Contrast with white9.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#9DD270

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004692no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0F488Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Tritanopia#5A435Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 3.3Indigo · ΔE 16Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.8Purple · ΔE 18.4Midnight blue · ΔE 18.9Slate blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 3.3, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A8F2D
Analogous#312D8F, #8F2D8B
Triadic#8F622D, #2D8F62
Split complementary#8B8F2D, #2D8F31
Tetradic#8F312D, #5A8F2D, #2D8B8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7A5E3
Lighter +30%#AE7ED7
Lighter +20%#9658CA
Lighter +10%#7D39B6
Darker −10%#472168
Darker −20%#2D1541
Darker −30%#12081B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6415A7
Less saturated −25%#604578

Channel breakdown

R98
G45
B143
Red98 (38.4%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue272.45°
Saturation (HSL)52.13%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 62 · G 2D · B 8F

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