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Recognised as Colour

#672FDE

  • #672FDE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#672FDE is a violet with RGB values 103, 47, 222 and HSL 259°, 73%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#672FDE#672FDE
HEX#672FDE
RGBrgb(103, 47, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.1843, 0.8706
RGB percentages40.4%, 18.4%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(259.2, 72.6%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.2, 78.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK53.6%, 78.8%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,762,462
CSS custom property--colour: #672FDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10191WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.91:1
Contrast with white6.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#98D021

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#366387no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.2Dark violet · ΔE 16.2Medium blue · ΔE 18.6Dark orchid · ΔE 19.9Dark blue · ΔE 28.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6DE2F
Analogous#2F4EDE, #BF2FDE
Triadic#DE672F, #2FDE67
Split complementary#DEBF2F, #4EDE2F
Tetradic#DE2F4E, #A6DE2F, #2FDEBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8DFFA
Lighter +30%#C7B3F3
Lighter +20%#A787EC
Lighter +10%#875BE5
Darker −10%#511EBC
Darker −20%#3E1790
Darker −30%#2B1064
Darker −40%#180938
More saturated +25%#5C11FC
Less saturated −25%#724DC0

Channel breakdown

R103
G47
B222
Red103 (40.4%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue259.2°
Saturation (HSL)72.61%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 67 · G 2F · B DE

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