Colour

#68228B

#68228B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#68228B is a violet with RGB values 104, 34, 139 and HSL 280°, 61%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#68228B

RGBrgb(104, 34, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.1333, 0.5451

RGB percentages40.8%, 13.3%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(280, 60.7%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 75.5%, 54.5%)

CMYK25.2%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,824,587

CSS custom property--colour: #68228B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05951WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.59:1

Contrast with white9.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#97DD74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00428Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#114689no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Tritanopia#643A55no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 6.9 Indigo · ΔE 13.1 Purple · ΔE 13.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 15.9 Midnight blue · ΔE 21.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.86, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#458B22

Analogous#34228B, #8B2279

Triadic#8B6822, #228B68

Split complementary#798B22, #228B33

Tetradic#8B3322, #458B22, #227A8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CA94E5

Lighter +30%#B66BDB

Lighter +20%#A142D1

Lighter +10%#872CB4

Darker −10%#491862

Darker −20%#2B0E39

Darker −30%#0C0410

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6F0CA1

Less saturated −25%#613875

Channel breakdown

R104

G34

B139

Red104 (40.8%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)60.69%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 68 · G 22 · B 8B

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