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Recognised as Colour

#6748A7

  • #6748A7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6748A7 is a violet with RGB values 103, 72, 167 and HSL 260°, 40%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#6748A7#6748A7
HEX#6748A7
RGBrgb(103, 72, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.2824, 0.6549
RGB percentages40.4%, 28.2%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(259.6, 39.7%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.6, 56.9%, 65.5%)
CMYK38.3%, 56.9%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,768,807
CSS custom property--colour: #6748A7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10308WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.86:1
Contrast with white6.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#98B758

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#195BAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#2459A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Tritanopia#575C70no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.7Slate blue · ΔE 13.1Medium purple · ΔE 17Royal blue · ΔE 22.6Midnight blue · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88A748
Analogous#4859A7, #9648A7
Triadic#A76748, #48A767
Split complementary#A79648, #59A748
Tetradic#A74859, #88A748, #48A796

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9D0EB
Lighter +30%#BCADDB
Lighter +20%#9F89CC
Lighter +10%#8265BD
Darker −10%#513983
Darker −20%#3B2960
Darker −30%#251A3C
Darker −40%#0F0B18
More saturated +25%#5D2AC5
Less saturated −25%#716689

Channel breakdown

R103
G72
B167
Red103 (40.4%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue259.58°
Saturation (HSL)39.75%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 67 · G 48 · B A7

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