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Recognised as Colour

#62428B

  • #62428B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#62428B is a violet with RGB values 98, 66, 139 and HSL 266°, 36%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#62428B#62428B
HEX#62428B
RGBrgb(98, 66, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.2588, 0.5451
RGB percentages38.4%, 25.9%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(266.3, 35.6%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 52.5%, 54.5%)
CMYK29.5%, 52.5%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,439,563
CSS custom property--colour: #62428B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.86:1
Contrast with white7.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#9DBD74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2A518Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#335189no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5A5060no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.5Midnight blue · ΔE 23.5Slate blue · ΔE 25.3Medium purple · ΔE 25.8Purple · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.32, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6B8B42
Analogous#42478B, #86428B
Triadic#8B6242, #428B62
Split complementary#8B8642, #478B42
Tetradic#8B4247, #6B8B42, #428B86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CABBDE
Lighter +30%#B098CE
Lighter +20%#9575BE
Lighter +10%#7A53AD
Darker −10%#4A3268
Darker −20%#312146
Darker −30%#191123
Darker −40%#000001
More saturated +25%#5F28A5
Less saturated −25%#655C71

Channel breakdown

R98
G66
B139
Red98 (38.4%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue266.3°
Saturation (HSL)35.61%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 62 · G 42 · B 8B

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