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Recognised as Colour

#661AE7

  • #661AE7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#661AE7 is a violet with RGB values 102, 26, 231 and HSL 262°, 81%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#661AE7#661AE7
HEX#661AE7
RGBrgb(102, 26, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.102, 0.9059
RGB percentages40%, 10.2%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(262.2, 81%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.2, 88.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK55.8%, 88.7%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,691,559
CSS custom property--colour: #661AE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09333WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.33:1
Contrast with white7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#99E518

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#2A6089no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 13.4Blue violet · ΔE 13.6Dark violet · ΔE 17.4Blue · ΔE 22.6Dark orchid · ΔE 28.5Dark blue · ΔE 35.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 13.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BE71A
Analogous#1A35E7, #CD1AE7
Triadic#E7661A, #1AE766
Split complementary#E7CD1A, #34E71A
Tetradic#E71A34, #9BE71A, #1AE7CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1D3FA
Lighter +30%#C3A4F6
Lighter +20%#A476F1
Lighter +10%#8548EC
Darker −10%#5114BA
Darker −20%#3D0F8C
Darker −30%#290A5E
Darker −40%#150530
More saturated +25%#6002FF
Less saturated −25%#6E3AC7

Channel breakdown

R102
G26
B231
Red102 (40%)
Green26 (10.2%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue262.24°
Saturation (HSL)81.03%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 66 · G 1A · B E7

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