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Recognised as Colour

#623FAA

  • #623FAA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#623FAA is a violet with RGB values 98, 63, 170 and HSL 260°, 46%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#623FAA#623FAA
HEX#623FAA
RGBrgb(98, 63, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.2471, 0.6667
RGB percentages38.4%, 24.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(259.6, 45.9%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.6, 62.9%, 66.7%)
CMYK42.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,438,826
CSS custom property--colour: #623FAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.47:1
Contrast with white7.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#9DC055

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0053A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4F576Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.47:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 6.7Slate blue · ΔE 11.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 18Medium purple · ΔE 19.3Indigo · ΔE 19.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87AA3F
Analogous#3F51AA, #983FAA
Triadic#AA623F, #3FAA62
Split complementary#AA983F, #52AA3F
Tetradic#AA3F51, #87AA3F, #3FAA98

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5CAEB
Lighter +30%#B7A5DD
Lighter +20%#9A7FD0
Lighter +10%#7C5AC2
Darker −10%#4D3185
Darker −20%#372360
Darker −30%#22163A
Darker −40%#0C0815
More saturated +25%#5822C7
Less saturated −25%#6C5C8D

Channel breakdown

R98
G63
B170
Red98 (38.4%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue259.63°
Saturation (HSL)45.92%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 62 · G 3F · B AA

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