Recognised as Colour

#6918A7

#6918A7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#6918A7 is a violet with RGB values 105, 24, 167 and HSL 274°, 75%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#6918A7

RGBrgb(105, 24, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.0941, 0.6549

RGB percentages41.2%, 9.4%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(274, 74.9%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274, 85.6%, 65.5%)

CMYK37.1%, 85.6%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,887,591

CSS custom property--colour: #6918A7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.17:1

Contrast with white9.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#96E758

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0046ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0048A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Tritanopia#5C4263no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 13.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 14.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.6 Dark blue · ΔE 19.7 Navy · ΔE 21.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 13.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#56A718

Analogous#2118A7, #A7189E

Triadic#A76918, #18A769

Split complementary#9EA718, #18A721

Tetradic#A72118, #56A718, #189EA7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CB9AF1

Lighter +30%#B46EEA

Lighter +20%#9D41E4

Lighter +10%#851ED4

Darker −10%#4D127A

Darker −20%#310B4E

Darker −30%#150521

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6C00BF

Less saturated −25%#66308F

Channel breakdown

R105

G24

B167

Red105 (41.2%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue273.99°

Saturation (HSL)74.87%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 69 · G 18 · B A7

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