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Recognised as Colour

#662FCC

  • #662FCC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#662FCC is a violet with RGB values 102, 47, 204 and HSL 261°, 63%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#662FCC#662FCC
HEX#662FCC
RGBrgb(102, 47, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.1843, 0.8
RGB percentages40%, 18.4%, 80%
HSLhsl(261, 62.5%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261, 77%, 80%)
CMYK50%, 77%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,696,908
CSS custom property--colour: #662FCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09217WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.39:1
Contrast with white7.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#99D033

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Tritanopia#435B7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.5Dark orchid · ΔE 15.4Dark violet · ΔE 18.6Dark blue · ΔE 23.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 24Medium blue · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95CC2F
Analogous#2F46CC, #B52FCC
Triadic#CC662F, #2FCC66
Split complementary#CCB52F, #46CC2F
Tetradic#CC2F46, #95CC2F, #2FCCB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DED2F5
Lighter +30%#C0A9EB
Lighter +20%#A27FE2
Lighter +10%#8456D8
Darker −10%#5125A3
Darker −20%#3D1C79
Darker −30%#281250
Darker −40%#130926
More saturated +25%#5D10EB
Less saturated −25%#6F4EAD

Channel breakdown

R102
G47
B204
Red102 (40%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue261.02°
Saturation (HSL)62.55%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 66 · G 2F · B CC

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