Recognised as Colour

#69059B

#69059B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#69059B is a violet with RGB values 105, 5, 155 and HSL 280°, 94%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#69059B

RGBrgb(105, 5, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.0196, 0.6078

RGB percentages41.2%, 2%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(280, 93.7%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 96.8%, 60.8%)

CMYK32.3%, 96.8%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,882,715

CSS custom property--colour: #69059B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05478WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.02:1

Contrast with white10.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#96FA64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003F9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#004398no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Tritanopia#61375Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 11.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 16.8 Dark magenta · ΔE 18.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.5 Purple · ΔE 19.8 Dark blue · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 11.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#379B05

Analogous#1E059B, #9B0582

Triadic#9B6905, #059B69

Split complementary#829B05, #059B1E

Tetradic#9B1E05, #379B05, #05829B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CD72FA

Lighter +30%#BB40F9

Lighter +20%#AA0FF7

Lighter +10%#8A07CC

Darker −10%#48036A

Darker −20%#260238

Darker −30%#050007

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6B00A0

Less saturated −25%#621987

Channel breakdown

R105

B155

Red105 (41.2%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)93.75%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 69 · G 05 · B 9B

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