Recognised as Colour

#69378D

#69378D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#69378D is a violet with RGB values 105, 55, 141 and HSL 275°, 44%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#69378D

RGBrgb(105, 55, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.2157, 0.5529

RGB percentages41.2%, 21.6%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(274.9, 43.9%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.9, 61%, 55.3%)

CMYK25.5%, 61%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,895,501

CSS custom property--colour: #69378D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07659WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.29:1

Contrast with white8.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#96C872

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#144C90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#2B4F8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Tritanopia#64475Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 13 Purple · ΔE 20.9 Midnight blue · ΔE 21.4 Slate blue · ΔE 22.3 Indigo · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B8D37

Analogous#3E378D, #8D3786

Triadic#8D6937, #378D69

Split complementary#868D37, #378D3E

Tetradic#8D3E37, #5B8D37, #37868D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CCB0E0

Lighter +30%#B48BD2

Lighter +20%#9D66C4

Lighter +10%#8445B2

Darker −10%#4E2968

Darker −20%#321A44

Darker −30%#170C1F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6D1FA6

Less saturated −25%#655075

Channel breakdown

R105

G55

B141

Red105 (41.2%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue274.88°

Saturation (HSL)43.88%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 69 · G 37 · B 8D

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