Recognised as Colour

#6700A7

#6700A7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#6700A7 is a violet with RGB values 103, 0, 167 and HSL 277°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#6700A7

RGBrgb(103, 0, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0, 0.6549

RGB percentages40.4%, 0%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(277, 100%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277, 100%, 65.5%)

CMYK38.3%, 100%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,750,375

CSS custom property--colour: #6700A7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.84:1

Contrast with white9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#98FF58

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0042ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0043A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Tritanopia#5A3D60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 15.2 Indigo · ΔE 16.5 Dark violet · ΔE 19.2 Dark blue · ΔE 19.4 Blue violet · ΔE 19.6 Navy · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 15.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#40A700

Analogous#1400A7, #A70093

Triadic#A76700, #00A767

Split complementary#94A700, #00A713

Tetradic#A71300, #40A700, #0093A7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CA74FF

Lighter +30%#B641FF

Lighter +20%#A30EFF

Lighter +10%#8600DA

Darker −10%#480074

Darker −20%#280041

Darker −30%#09000E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6700A7

Less saturated −25%#621592

Channel breakdown

R103

B167

Red103 (40.4%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue277.01°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 67 · G 00 · B A7

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