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Recognised as Colour

#68437E

  • #68437E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#68437E is a violet with RGB values 104, 67, 126 and HSL 278°, 31%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#68437E#68437E
HEX#68437E
RGBrgb(104, 67, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.2627, 0.4941
RGB percentages40.8%, 26.3%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(277.6, 30.6%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.6, 46.8%, 49.4%)
CMYK17.5%, 46.8%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,833,022
CSS custom property--colour: #68437E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08464WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.8:1
Contrast with white7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#97BC81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#365080no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#40537Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#664C5Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.1Midnight blue · ΔE 29.6Medium purple · ΔE 31.7Purple · ΔE 33Slate blue · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 15.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#597E43
Analogous#4B437E, #7E4376
Triadic#7E6843, #437E68
Split complementary#767E43, #437E4B
Tetradic#7E4B43, #597E43, #43767E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CBB5D8
Lighter +30%#B394C6
Lighter +20%#9C73B4
Lighter +10%#83559F
Darker −10%#4D315D
Darker −20%#31203B
Darker −30%#160E1A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6E2B96
Less saturated −25%#625B66

Channel breakdown

R104
G67
B126
Red104 (40.8%)
Green67 (26.3%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue277.63°
Saturation (HSL)30.57%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 43 · B 7E

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