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Recognised as Colour

#6446BD

  • #6446BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6446BD is a violet with RGB values 100, 70, 189 and HSL 255°, 47%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#6446BD#6446BD
HEX#6446BD
RGBrgb(100, 70, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.2745, 0.7412
RGB percentages39.2%, 27.5%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(255.1, 47.4%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.1, 63%, 74.1%)
CMYK47.1%, 63%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,571,709
CSS custom property--colour: #6446BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.66:1
Contrast with white6.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#9BB942

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0059BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Tritanopia#48627Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 8.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 13Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.7Medium purple · ΔE 18.6Royal blue · ΔE 19Indigo · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 8.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FBD46
Analogous#4663BD, #A046BD
Triadic#BD6446, #46BD64
Split complementary#BDA046, #63BD46
Tetradic#BD4663, #9FBD46, #46BDA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2DCF3
Lighter +30%#C2B7E5
Lighter +20%#A391D8
Lighter +10%#836CCA
Darker −10%#503799
Darker −20%#3C2974
Darker −30%#291C4E
Darker −40%#150E29
More saturated +25%#5427DC
Less saturated −25%#74659E

Channel breakdown

R100
G70
B189
Red100 (39.2%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue255.13°
Saturation (HSL)47.41%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 64 · G 46 · B BD

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