Recognised as Colour

#690EA8

#690EA8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#690EA8 is a violet with RGB values 105, 14, 168 and HSL 275°, 85%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#690EA8

RGBrgb(105, 14, 168)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.0549, 0.6588

RGB percentages41.2%, 5.5%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(275.5, 84.6%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.5, 91.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK37.5%, 91.7%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,885,032

CSS custom property--colour: #690EA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06144WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.42:1

Contrast with white9.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#96F157

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0044ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0046A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Tritanopia#5C4062no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 14.4 Indigo · ΔE 15.2 Dark blue · ΔE 19.6 Blue violet · ΔE 20.5 Dark violet · ΔE 20.6 Navy · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 14.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4DA80E

Analogous#1C0EA8, #A80E9A

Triadic#A8690E, #0EA869

Split complementary#9AA80E, #0EA81C

Tetradic#A81C0E, #4DA80E, #0E9AA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CB8DF5

Lighter +30%#B55DF2

Lighter +20%#9F2EEE

Lighter +10%#8612D7

Darker −10%#4C0A79

Darker −20%#2E064A

Darker −30%#11021B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6C00B6

Less saturated −25%#652591

Channel breakdown

R105

G14

B168

Red105 (41.2%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue275.45°

Saturation (HSL)84.62%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 69 · G 0E · B A8

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