Recognised as Colour

#6225A3

#6225A3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#6225A3 is a violet with RGB values 98, 37, 163 and HSL 269°, 63%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#6225A3

RGBrgb(98, 37, 163)

RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.1451, 0.6392

RGB percentages38.4%, 14.5%, 63.9%

HSLhsl(269, 63%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(269, 77.3%, 63.9%)

CMYK39.9%, 77.3%, 0%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,432,163

CSS custom property--colour: #6225A3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06564WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.08:1

Contrast with white9.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#9DDA5C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0048A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0048A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Tritanopia#534663no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.1 Navy · ΔE 19.9 Dark blue · ΔE 20.1 Slate blue · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#66A325

Analogous#2527A3, #A125A3

Triadic#A36225, #25A362

Split complementary#A3A125, #27A325

Tetradic#A32527, #66A325, #25A3A1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C9A9EB

Lighter +30%#AF7FE2

Lighter +20%#9555D9

Lighter +10%#7B2ECD

Darker −10%#491C79

Darker −20%#301250

Darker −30%#170926

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#610CBC

Less saturated −25%#633E8A

Channel breakdown

R98

G37

B163

Red98 (38.4%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue163 (63.9%)

Hue269.05°

Saturation (HSL)63%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 62 · G 25 · B A3

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Colour harmonies

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