Recognised as Colour

#6449A7

#6449A7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6449A7 is a violet with RGB values 100, 73, 167 and HSL 257°, 39%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#6449A7

RGBrgb(100, 73, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.2863, 0.6549

RGB percentages39.2%, 28.6%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(257.2, 39.2%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.2, 56.3%, 65.5%)

CMYK40.1%, 56.3%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,572,455

CSS custom property--colour: #6449A7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10264WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.88:1

Contrast with white6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#9BB658

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1A5BAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#2259A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Tritanopia#535D71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 11.8 Slate blue · ΔE 13.2 Medium purple · ΔE 17.2 Royal blue · ΔE 22 Midnight blue · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8CA749

Analogous#495DA7, #9349A7

Triadic#A76449, #49A764

Split complementary#A79349, #5DA749

Tetradic#A7495D, #8CA749, #49A793

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9D1EB

Lighter +30%#BBAEDB

Lighter +20%#9D8ACC

Lighter +10%#7F67BC

Darker −10%#4F3984

Darker −20%#3A2A60

Darker −30%#241A3D

Darker −40%#0F0B19

More saturated +25%#572BC5

Less saturated −25%#716789

Channel breakdown

R100

G73

B167

Red100 (39.2%)

Green73 (28.6%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue257.23°

Saturation (HSL)39.17%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 64 · G 49 · B A7

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