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Recognised as Colour

#661DC2

  • #661DC2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#661DC2 is a violet with RGB values 102, 29, 194 and HSL 267°, 74%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#661DC2#661DC2
HEX#661DC2
RGBrgb(102, 29, 194)
RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.1137, 0.7608
RGB percentages40%, 11.4%, 76.1%
HSLhsl(266.5, 74%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.5, 85.1%, 76.1%)
CMYK47.4%, 85.1%, 0%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,692,290
CSS custom property--colour: #661DC2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07599WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.33:1
Contrast with white8.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#99E23D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FC6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#004BBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4B5074no 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 text8.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.3Dark orchid · ΔE 15.4Dark violet · ΔE 15.5Dark blue · ΔE 22Medium blue · ΔE 22.3Indigo · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79C21D
Analogous#1D27C2, #B81DC2
Triadic#C2661D, #1DC266
Split complementary#C2B91D, #26C21D
Tetradic#C21D27, #79C21D, #1DC2B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2B7F4
Lighter +30%#B68AEE
Lighter +20%#9B5EE7
Lighter +10%#7F32E0
Darker −10%#4F1696
Darker −20%#371069
Darker −30%#20093D
Darker −40%#090211
More saturated +25%#6301DE
Less saturated −25%#6939A6

Channel breakdown

R102
G29
B194
Red102 (40%)
Green29 (11.4%)
Blue194 (76.1%)
Hue266.55°
Saturation (HSL)73.99%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 66 · G 1D · B C2

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