Recognised as Colour

#68168E

#68168E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#68168E is a violet with RGB values 104, 22, 142 and HSL 281°, 73%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#68168E

RGBrgb(104, 22, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.0863, 0.5569

RGB percentages40.8%, 8.6%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(281, 73.2%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281, 84.5%, 55.7%)

CMYK26.8%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,821,518

CSS custom property--colour: #68168E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.03:1

Contrast with white10.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#97E971

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003F91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#00448Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original

Tritanopia#633654no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.2 Purple · ΔE 13.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 14.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.9 Navy · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C8E16

Analogous#2C168E, #8E1678

Triadic#8E6816, #168E68

Split complementary#788E16, #168E2C

Tetradic#8E2C16, #3C8E16, #16788E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CB84EC

Lighter +30%#B858E5

Lighter +20%#A62CDE

Lighter +10%#881DBA

Darker −10%#480F62

Darker −20%#270836

Darker −30%#07010A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7001A3

Less saturated −25%#602B7A

Channel breakdown

R104

G22

B142

Red104 (40.8%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue281°

Saturation (HSL)73.17%

Lightness32.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 68 · G 16 · B 8E

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