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Recognised as Colour

#6541AC

  • #6541AC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6541AC is a violet with RGB values 101, 65, 172 and HSL 260°, 45%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#6541AC#6541AC
HEX#6541AC
RGBrgb(101, 65, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.2549, 0.6745
RGB percentages39.6%, 25.5%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(260.2, 45.1%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.2, 62.2%, 67.5%)
CMYK41.3%, 62.2%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,635,948
CSS custom property--colour: #6541AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09526WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.23:1
Contrast with white7.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#9ABE53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Tritanopia#535970no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 6.9Slate blue · ΔE 10.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.2Medium purple · ΔE 18.4Indigo · ΔE 20.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88AC41
Analogous#4153AC, #9A41AC
Triadic#AC6541, #41AC65
Split complementary#AC9A41, #53AC41
Tetradic#AC4153, #88AC41, #41AC9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7CDEC
Lighter +30%#BAA8DE
Lighter +20%#9D83D0
Lighter +10%#805EC2
Darker −10%#4F3387
Darker −20%#3A2562
Darker −30%#24173D
Darker −40%#0E0918
More saturated +25%#5B23CA
Less saturated −25%#6F5F8E

Channel breakdown

R101
G65
B172
Red101 (39.6%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue260.19°
Saturation (HSL)45.15%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G 41 · B AC

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