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Recognised as Colour

#672A99

  • #672A99
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#672A99 is a violet with RGB values 103, 42, 153 and HSL 273°, 57%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#672A99#672A99
HEX#672A99
RGBrgb(103, 42, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.1647, 0.6
RGB percentages40.4%, 16.5%, 60%
HSLhsl(273, 56.9%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273, 72.5%, 60%)
CMYK32.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,761,113
CSS custom property--colour: #672A99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.87:1
Contrast with white8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#98D566

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00489Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Deuteranopia#004A97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#5E445Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.4Indigo · ΔE 12.3Purple · ΔE 17.4Dark magenta · ΔE 18.5Slate blue · ΔE 19.8Midnight blue · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C992A
Analogous#2F2A99, #992A94
Triadic#99672A, #2A9967
Split complementary#94992A, #2A992F
Tetradic#992F2A, #5C992A, #2A9499

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CBA8E7
Lighter +30%#B380DC
Lighter +20%#9B58D1
Lighter +10%#8235C1
Darker −10%#4C1F71
Darker −20%#311449
Darker −30%#160921
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6912B1
Less saturated −25%#654281

Channel breakdown

R103
G42
B153
Red103 (40.4%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue272.97°
Saturation (HSL)56.92%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 67 · G 2A · B 99

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