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Recognised as Colour

#6816AA

  • #6816AA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#6816AA is a violet with RGB values 104, 22, 170 and HSL 273°, 77%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#6816AA#6816AA
HEX#6816AA
RGBrgb(104, 22, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.0863, 0.6667
RGB percentages40.8%, 8.6%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(273.2, 77.1%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 87.1%, 66.7%)
CMYK38.8%, 87.1%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,821,546
CSS custom property--colour: #6816AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.2:1
Contrast with white9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#97E955

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0046AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0047A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Tritanopia#5A4364no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 14.4Indigo · ΔE 14.8Dark blue · ΔE 19.3Blue violet · ΔE 20.8Navy · ΔE 21.2Dark violet · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 14.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#58AA16
Analogous#1E16AA, #AA16A2
Triadic#AA6816, #16AA68
Split complementary#A2AA16, #16AA1E
Tetradic#AA1E16, #58AA16, #16A2AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CB9AF2
Lighter +30%#B36DEC
Lighter +20%#9C40E6
Lighter +10%#841CD7
Darker −10%#4C107D
Darker −20%#310A50
Darker −30%#150423
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6A00C0
Less saturated −25%#652E92

Channel breakdown

R104
G22
B170
Red104 (40.8%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue273.24°
Saturation (HSL)77.08%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 16 · B AA

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