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Recognised as Colour

#68418E

  • #68418E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#68418E is a violet with RGB values 104, 65, 142 and HSL 270°, 37%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#68418E#68418E
HEX#68418E
RGBrgb(104, 65, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.2549, 0.5569
RGB percentages40.8%, 25.5%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(270.4, 37.2%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.4, 54.2%, 55.7%)
CMYK26.8%, 54.2%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,832,526
CSS custom property--colour: #68418E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08677WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.68:1
Contrast with white7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#97BE71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#285291no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#34538Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#624F61no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 9.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.9Midnight blue · ΔE 23.5Slate blue · ΔE 23.7Medium purple · ΔE 24.2Purple · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#678E41
Analogous#42418E, #8E418D
Triadic#8E6841, #418E68
Split complementary#8E8E41, #418E41
Tetradic#8E4141, #678E41, #418D8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CEBBE0
Lighter +30%#B498D0
Lighter +20%#9B75C0
Lighter +10%#8252B0
Darker −10%#4E316B
Darker −20%#352148
Darker −30%#1B1125
Darker −40%#020102
More saturated +25%#6827A8
Less saturated −25%#685B74

Channel breakdown

R104
G65
B142
Red104 (40.8%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue270.39°
Saturation (HSL)37.2%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 41 · B 8E

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