Colour

#6600A0

#6600A0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#6600A0 is a violet with RGB values 102, 0, 160 and HSL 278°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#6600A0#6600A0

HEX#6600A0

RGBrgb(102, 0, 160)

RGB (0–1)0.4, 0, 0.6275

RGB percentages40%, 0%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(278.3, 100%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.3, 100%, 62.7%)

CMYK36.2%, 100%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,684,832

CSS custom property--colour: #6600A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.13:1

Contrast with white10.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#99FF5F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003FA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original

Deuteranopia#00429Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original

Tritanopia#5B395Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 13.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 16.2 Dark blue · ΔE 19 Navy · ΔE 20.6 Dark magenta · ΔE 21.7 Dark violet · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 13.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3AA000

Analogous#1600A0, #A0008A

Triadic#A06600, #00A066

Split complementary#8AA000, #00A016

Tetradic#A01600, #3AA000, #008AA0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CA6DFF

Lighter +30%#B83AFF

Lighter +20%#A507FF

Lighter +10%#8700D3

Darker −10%#45006D

Darker −20%#25003A

Darker −30%#040007

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6600A0

Less saturated −25%#61148C

Channel breakdown

R102

B160

Red102 (40%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue278.25°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 66 · G 00 · B A0

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