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Colour

#66268B

  • #66268B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#66268B is a violet with RGB values 102, 38, 139 and HSL 278°, 57%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#66268B#66268B
HEX#66268B
RGBrgb(102, 38, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.149, 0.5451
RGB percentages40%, 14.9%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(278, 57.1%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278, 72.7%, 54.5%)
CMYK26.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,694,539
CSS custom property--colour: #66268B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.48:1
Contrast with white9.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#99D974

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00438Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#134789no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#613C56no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.5Indigo · ΔE 14.4Purple · ΔE 15Dark magenta · ΔE 17.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.9Midnight blue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4B8B26
Analogous#34268B, #8B267D
Triadic#8B6626, #268B66
Split complementary#7D8B26, #268B34
Tetradic#8B3426, #4B8B26, #267D8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C89AE3
Lighter +30%#B372D8
Lighter +20%#9D4ACD
Lighter +10%#8331B3
Darker −10%#491B63
Darker −20%#2B103B
Darker −30%#0E0513
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6C10A1
Less saturated −25%#603C75

Channel breakdown

R102
G38
B139
Red102 (40%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue278.02°
Saturation (HSL)57.06%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 66 · G 26 · B 8B

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