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Recognised as Colour

#68007F

  • #68007F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#68007F is a violet with RGB values 104, 0, 127 and HSL 289°, 100%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#68007F#68007F
HEX#68007F
RGBrgb(104, 0, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0, 0.498
RGB percentages40.8%, 0%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(289.1, 100%, 24.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.1, 100%, 49.8%)
CMYK18.1%, 100%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,815,871
CSS custom property--colour: #68007F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.08:1
Contrast with white11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F
Inverted#97FF80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003682no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#083E7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Tritanopia#672748no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 9.3Indigo · ΔE 11.3Dark magenta · ΔE 11.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.7Navy · ΔE 25.5Midnight blue · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 9.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#177F00
Analogous#28007F, #7F0057
Triadic#7F6800, #007F68
Split complementary#567F00, #007F29
Tetradic#7F2900, #177F00, #00577F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DF4CFF
Lighter +30%#D519FF
Lighter +20%#BC00E5
Lighter +10%#9200B2
Darker −10%#3E004C
Darker −20%#140019
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#68007F
Less saturated −25%#5E106F

Channel breakdown

R104
G0
B127
Red104 (40.8%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue289.13°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness24.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 00 · B 7F

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