Recognised as Colour

#691E8B

#691E8B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#691E8B is a violet with RGB values 105, 30, 139 and HSL 281°, 64%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#691E8B#691E8B

HEX#691E8B

RGBrgb(105, 30, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.1176, 0.5451

RGB percentages41.2%, 11.8%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(281.3, 64.5%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.3, 78.4%, 54.5%)

CMYK24.5%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,889,099

CSS custom property--colour: #691E8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05796WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.73:1

Contrast with white9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#96E174

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00408Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0D4689no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Tritanopia#653854no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.3 Indigo · ΔE 12 Purple · ΔE 12.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 14.7 Midnight blue · ΔE 22.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#408B1E

Analogous#321E8B, #8B1E77

Triadic#8B691E, #1E8B69

Split complementary#778B1E, #1E8B32

Tetradic#8B321E, #408B1E, #1E778B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CB8EE7

Lighter +30%#B864DE

Lighter +20%#A43AD5

Lighter +10%#8927B5

Darker −10%#491561

Darker −20%#2A0C37

Darker −30%#0A030D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7109A0

Less saturated −25%#613376

Channel breakdown

R105

G30

B139

Red105 (41.2%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue281.28°

Saturation (HSL)64.5%

Lightness33.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 69 · G 1E · B 8B

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