Recognised as Colour

#6423A3

#6423A3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#6423A3 is a violet with RGB values 100, 35, 163 and HSL 270°, 65%, 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#6423A3

RGBrgb(100, 35, 163)

RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.1373, 0.6392

RGB percentages39.2%, 13.7%, 63.9%

HSLhsl(270.5, 64.6%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.5, 78.5%, 63.9%)

CMYK38.7%, 78.5%, 0%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,562,723

CSS custom property--colour: #6423A3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.09:1

Contrast with white9.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#9BDC5C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0048A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0048A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Tritanopia#564563no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.2 Dark blue · ΔE 20.1 Navy · ΔE 20.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#62A323

Analogous#2423A3, #A323A2

Triadic#A36423, #23A364

Split complementary#A2A323, #23A324

Tetradic#A32423, #62A323, #23A2A3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CAA6EC

Lighter +30%#B07CE3

Lighter +20%#9752DA

Lighter +10%#7E2CCD

Darker −10%#4A1A79

Darker −20%#30114F

Darker −30%#170825

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#640ABC

Less saturated −25%#643C8A

Channel breakdown

R100

G35

B163

Red100 (39.2%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue163 (63.9%)

Hue270.47°

Saturation (HSL)64.65%

Lightness38.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 64 · G 23 · B A3

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