Recognised as Colour

#68567C

#68567C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#68567C is a violet with RGB values 104, 86, 124 and HSL 268°, 18%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#68567C

RGBrgb(104, 86, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.3373, 0.4863

RGB percentages40.8%, 33.7%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(268.4, 18.1%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.4, 30.6%, 48.6%)

CMYK16.1%, 30.6%, 0%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,837,884

CSS custom property--colour: #68567C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.54:1

Contrast with white6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#97A983

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4F5D7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#525E7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original

Tritanopia#655B64no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 23.5 Dim grey · ΔE 24.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 25.2 Steel blue · ΔE 27 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.1 Gray · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 23.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A7C56

Analogous#56577C, #7B567C

Triadic#7C6856, #567C68

Split complementary#7C7B56, #577C56

Tetradic#7C5657, #6A7C56, #567C7B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CFC6D8

Lighter +30%#B5A8C3

Lighter +20%#9B8AAE

Lighter +10%#816C99

Darker −10%#4F415E

Darker −20%#352C40

Darker −30%#1C1722

Darker −40%#030204

More saturated +25%#673C96

Less saturated −25%#696969

Channel breakdown

R104

G86

B124

Red104 (40.8%)

Green86 (33.7%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue268.42°

Saturation (HSL)18.1%

Lightness41.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 68 · G 56 · B 7C

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