Recognised as Colour

#662C75

#662C75
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#662C75 is a violet with RGB values 102, 44, 117 and HSL 288°, 45%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#662C75

RGBrgb(102, 44, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.1725, 0.4588

RGB percentages40%, 17.3%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(287.7, 45.3%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.7, 62.4%, 45.9%)

CMYK12.8%, 62.4%, 0%, 54.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,696,053

CSS custom property--colour: #662C75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0591WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.62:1

Contrast with white9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#99D38A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1A4177no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#304773no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Tritanopia#66384Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.5 Purple · ΔE 21.7 Midnight blue · ΔE 23.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 26 Indigo · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 16.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B752C

Analogous#422C75, #752C5F

Triadic#75662C, #2C7566

Split complementary#60752C, #2C7542

Tetradic#75422C, #3B752C, #2C6075

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CA96D7

Lighter +30%#B771C9

Lighter +20%#A44CBB

Lighter +10%#863A9A

Darker −10%#461E50

Darker −20%#25102B

Darker −30%#050206

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#721889

Less saturated −25%#5A4061

Channel breakdown

R102

G44

B117

Red102 (40%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue287.67°

Saturation (HSL)45.34%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 66 · G 2C · B 75

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