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Recognised as Colour

#63238A

  • #63238A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#63238A is a violet with RGB values 99, 35, 138 and HSL 277°, 60%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#63238A#63238A
HEX#63238A
RGBrgb(99, 35, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.3882, 0.1373, 0.5412
RGB percentages38.8%, 13.7%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(277.3, 59.5%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.3, 74.6%, 54.1%)
CMYK28.3%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,497,162
CSS custom property--colour: #63238A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0569WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.82:1
Contrast with white9.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#9CDC75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00418Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#084488no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5D3B54no 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 text9.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.9Indigo · ΔE 12.9Purple · ΔE 15.2Dark magenta · ΔE 17.8Midnight blue · ΔE 20Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4A8A23
Analogous#2F238A, #8A237E
Triadic#8A6323, #238A63
Split complementary#7E8A23, #238A2F
Tetradic#8A2F23, #4A8A23, #237E8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C695E4
Lighter +30%#B06CDA
Lighter +20%#9A44CF
Lighter +10%#802DB3
Darker −10%#461961
Darker −20%#290E39
Darker −30%#0B0410
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#680DA0
Less saturated −25%#5E3974

Channel breakdown

R99
G35
B138
Red99 (38.8%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue277.28°
Saturation (HSL)59.54%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 63 · G 23 · B 8A

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