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Colour

#68418F

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

#68418F is a violet with RGB values 104, 65, 143 and HSL 270°, 38%, 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

#68418F#68418F
HEX#68418F
RGBrgb(104, 65, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.2549, 0.5608
RGB percentages40.8%, 25.5%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(270, 37.5%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 54.5%, 56.1%)
CMYK27.3%, 54.5%, 0%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,832,527
CSS custom property--colour: #68418F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#97BE70

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#275292no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#34538Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Tritanopia#614F61no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 9.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.4Slate blue · ΔE 23.2Midnight blue · ΔE 23.3Medium purple · ΔE 23.8Purple · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 9.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#688F41
Analogous#41418F, #8F418F
Triadic#8F6841, #418F68
Split complementary#8F8F41, #418F41
Tetradic#8F4141, #688F41, #418F8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CEBCE0
Lighter +30%#B499D0
Lighter +20%#9B75C1
Lighter +10%#8252B1
Darker −10%#4E316C
Darker −20%#352149
Darker −30%#1B1126
Darker −40%#020103
More saturated +25%#6827A9
Less saturated −25%#685B75

Channel breakdown

R104
G65
B143
Red104 (40.8%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)37.5%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 41 · B 8F

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