Recognised as Colour

#65298C

#65298C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#65298C is a violet with RGB values 101, 41, 140 and HSL 276°, 55%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#65298C

RGBrgb(101, 41, 140)

RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.1608, 0.549

RGB percentages39.6%, 16.1%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(276.4, 54.7%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.4, 70.7%, 54.9%)

CMYK27.9%, 70.7%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,629,772

CSS custom property--colour: #65298C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.34:1

Contrast with white9.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#9AD673

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00448Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#14478Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Tritanopia#5F3F57no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 4.7 Indigo · ΔE 15.3 Purple · ΔE 16.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 19 Midnight blue · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 4.68, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#508C29

Analogous#33298C, #8C2982

Triadic#8C6529, #298C65

Split complementary#828C29, #298C33

Tetradic#8C3329, #508C29, #29828C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C89EE3

Lighter +30%#B177D7

Lighter +20%#9B4FCC

Lighter +10%#8135B3

Darker −10%#491D65

Darker −20%#2C123D

Darker −30%#100616

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6A12A3

Less saturated −25%#604075

Channel breakdown

R101

G41

B140

Red101 (39.6%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue276.36°

Saturation (HSL)54.7%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 65 · G 29 · B 8C

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