Colour

#68268B

#68268B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#68268B is a violet with RGB values 104, 38, 139 and HSL 279°, 57%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#68268B

RGBrgb(104, 38, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.149, 0.5451

RGB percentages40.8%, 14.9%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(279.2, 57.1%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.2, 72.7%, 54.5%)

CMYK25.2%, 72.7%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,825,611

CSS custom property--colour: #68268B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.38:1

Contrast with white9.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#97D974

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00438Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#174889no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Tritanopia#643C56no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.9 Purple · ΔE 14.4 Indigo · ΔE 14.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 17.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.89, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#498B26

Analogous#36268B, #8B267B

Triadic#8B6826, #268B68

Split complementary#7C8B26, #268B35

Tetradic#8B3526, #498B26, #267B8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CA9AE3

Lighter +30%#B572D8

Lighter +20%#A04ACD

Lighter +10%#8631B3

Darker −10%#4A1B63

Darker −20%#2C103B

Darker −30%#0E0513

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6F10A1

Less saturated −25%#613C75

Channel breakdown

R104

G38

B139

Red104 (40.8%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue279.21°

Saturation (HSL)57.06%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 68 · G 26 · B 8B

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