Colour

#661BC0

#661BC0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#661BC0 is a violet with RGB values 102, 27, 192 and HSL 267°, 75%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#661BC0#661BC0

HEX#661BC0

RGBrgb(102, 27, 192)

RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.1059, 0.7529

RGB percentages40%, 10.6%, 75.3%

HSLhsl(267.3, 75.3%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.3, 85.9%, 75.3%)

CMYK46.9%, 85.9%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,691,776

CSS custom property--colour: #661BC0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.46:1

Contrast with white8.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#99E43F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004EC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Deuteranopia#004BBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Tritanopia#4C4F72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 15.3 Dark violet · ΔE 15.5 Dark blue · ΔE 21.7 Medium blue · ΔE 22.6 Indigo · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#75C01B

Analogous#1B23C0, #B81BC0

Triadic#C0661B, #1BC066

Split complementary#C0B81B, #23C01B

Tetradic#C01B23, #75C01B, #1BC0B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1B3F4

Lighter +30%#B586EE

Lighter +20%#9A59E8

Lighter +10%#7F2DE1

Darker −10%#4E1593

Darker −20%#360E67

Darker −30%#1F083A

Darker −40%#07020D

More saturated +25%#6400DB

Less saturated −25%#6836A5

Channel breakdown

R102

G27

B192

Red102 (40%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue192 (75.3%)

Hue267.27°

Saturation (HSL)75.34%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 66 · G 1B · B C0

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