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Recognised as Colour

#614B8D

  • #614B8D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#614B8D is a violet with RGB values 97, 75, 141 and HSL 260°, 31%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#614B8D#614B8D
HEX#614B8D
RGBrgb(97, 75, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.2941, 0.5529
RGB percentages38%, 29.4%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(260, 30.6%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 46.8%, 55.3%)
CMYK31.2%, 46.8%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,376,333
CSS custom property--colour: #614B8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.24:1
Contrast with white7.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#9EB472

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#37578Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#3B568Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#585765no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 10.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.3Medium purple · ΔE 27.5Midnight blue · ΔE 27.5Slate blue · ΔE 28.2Steel blue · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 10.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#778D4B
Analogous#4B568D, #824B8D
Triadic#8D614B, #4B8D61
Split complementary#8D824B, #568D4B
Tetradic#8D4B56, #778D4B, #4B8D82

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDC4E0
Lighter +30%#B1A3CE
Lighter +20%#9582BC
Lighter +10%#7960AB
Darker −10%#4A396C
Darker −20%#33284A
Darker −30%#1C1629
Darker −40%#050408
More saturated +25%#5830A8
Less saturated −25%#6A6672

Channel breakdown

R97
G75
B141
Red97 (38%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)30.56%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 4B · B 8D

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