Colour

#6446AA

#6446AA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6446AA is a violet with RGB values 100, 70, 170 and HSL 258°, 42%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#6446AA#6446AA

HEX#6446AA

RGBrgb(100, 70, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.2745, 0.6667

RGB percentages39.2%, 27.5%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(258, 41.7%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258, 58.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK41.2%, 58.8%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,571,690

CSS custom property--colour: #6446AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7:1

Contrast with white7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#9BB955

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#055AADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#1657A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original

Tritanopia#525C71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.5 Slate blue · ΔE 11.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.5 Medium purple · ΔE 17.2 Royal blue · ΔE 21.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8CAA46

Analogous#465AAA, #9646AA

Triadic#AA6446, #46AA64

Split complementary#AA9646, #5AAA46

Tetradic#AA465A, #8CAA46, #46AA96

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9D0EC

Lighter +30%#BBACDD

Lighter +20%#9D88CE

Lighter +10%#7F64BF

Darker −10%#4F3786

Darker −20%#392862

Darker −30%#24193E

Darker −40%#0F0A19

More saturated +25%#5828C8

Less saturated −25%#70648C

Channel breakdown

R100

G70

B170

Red100 (39.2%)

Green70 (27.5%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue258°

Saturation (HSL)41.67%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 64 · G 46 · B AA

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