Recognised as Colour

#6740BB

#6740BB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate blue

#6740BB is a violet with RGB values 103, 64, 187 and HSL 259°, 49%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#6740BB#6740BB

HEX#6740BB

RGBrgb(103, 64, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.251, 0.7333

RGB percentages40.4%, 25.1%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(259, 49%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259, 65.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK44.9%, 65.8%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,766,779

CSS custom property--colour: #6740BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.94:1

Contrast with white6.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#98BF44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005BBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Deuteranopia#0057B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Tritanopia#4F5D78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 11.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 16 Indigo · ΔE 19.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 20.7 Medium purple · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 11.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#94BB40

Analogous#4057BB, #A440BB

Triadic#BB6740, #40BB67

Split complementary#BBA540, #56BB40

Tetradic#BB4057, #94BB40, #40BBA4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFD6F1

Lighter +30%#C0B0E4

Lighter +20%#A28AD7

Lighter +10%#8464CA

Darker −10%#523395

Darker −20%#3D266F

Darker −30%#281949

Darker −40%#130C23

More saturated +25%#5C21DA

Less saturated −25%#725F9C

Channel breakdown

R103

G64

B187

Red103 (40.4%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue259.02°

Saturation (HSL)49%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 67 · G 40 · B BB

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