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Recognised as Colour

#690BC0

  • #690BC0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#690BC0 is a violet with RGB values 105, 11, 192 and HSL 271°, 89%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#690BC0#690BC0
HEX#690BC0
RGBrgb(105, 11, 192)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.0431, 0.7529
RGB percentages41.2%, 4.3%, 75.3%
HSLhsl(271.2, 89.2%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.2, 94.3%, 75.3%)
CMYK45.3%, 94.3%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,884,288
CSS custom property--colour: #690BC0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.71:1
Contrast with white8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#96F43F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0049BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Tritanopia#514B70no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.2Dark violet · ΔE 12.7Dark orchid · ΔE 16.6Medium blue · ΔE 20.6Dark blue · ΔE 23.7Indigo · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#62C00B
Analogous#0E0BC0, #C00BBD
Triadic#C0690B, #0BC069
Split complementary#BDC00B, #0BC00F
Tetradic#C00E0B, #62C00B, #0BBCC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CD9EF9
Lighter +30%#B56DF7
Lighter +20%#9C3DF4
Lighter +10%#830EF0
Darker −10%#4F0890
Darker −20%#340560
Darker −30%#1A032F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6900CB
Less saturated −25%#6824A7

Channel breakdown

R105
G11
B192
Red105 (41.2%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue192 (75.3%)
Hue271.16°
Saturation (HSL)89.16%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 0B · B C0

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