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Recognised as Colour

#69009C

  • #69009C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#69009C is a violet with RGB values 105, 0, 156 and HSL 280°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#69009C#69009C
HEX#69009C
RGBrgb(105, 0, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0, 0.6118
RGB percentages41.2%, 0%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(280.4, 100%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 100%, 61.2%)
CMYK32.7%, 100%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,881,436
CSS custom property--colour: #69009C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.09:1
Contrast with white10.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#222222
Inverted#96FF63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003FA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#004399no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Tritanopia#60375Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 12.2Dark orchid · ΔE 16.4Dark magenta · ΔE 19.1Dark blue · ΔE 20.2Purple · ΔE 20.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 12.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#339C00
Analogous#1B009C, #9C0081
Triadic#9C6900, #009C69
Split complementary#819C00, #009C1B
Tetradic#9C1B00, #339C00, #00819C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CE69FF
Lighter +30%#BD36FF
Lighter +20%#AD03FF
Lighter +10%#8B00CF
Darker −10%#470069
Darker −20%#240036
Darker −30%#020003
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#69009C
Less saturated −25%#621489

Channel breakdown

R105
G0
B156
Red105 (41.2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue280.38°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 00 · B 9C

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