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Recognised as Colour

#693E9E

  • #693E9E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#693E9E is a violet with RGB values 105, 62, 158 and HSL 267°, 44%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#693E9E#693E9E
HEX#693E9E
RGBrgb(105, 62, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.2431, 0.6196
RGB percentages41.2%, 24.3%, 62%
HSLhsl(266.9, 43.6%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.9, 60.8%, 62%)
CMYK33.5%, 60.8%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,897,310
CSS custom property--colour: #693E9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.54:1
Contrast with white7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#96C161

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0754A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#21549Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5E5268no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.2Slate blue · ΔE 15.8Medium purple · ΔE 19.8Indigo · ΔE 21.5Midnight blue · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#739E3E
Analogous#3E439E, #993E9E
Triadic#9E693E, #3E9E69
Split complementary#9E993E, #439E3E
Tetradic#9E3E43, #739E3E, #3E9E99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2C1E7
Lighter +30%#B79DD8
Lighter +20%#9D78CA
Lighter +10%#8253BC
Darker −10%#513079
Darker −20%#382155
Darker −30%#201330
Darker −40%#08050B
More saturated +25%#6623BA
Less saturated −25%#6C5A83

Channel breakdown

R105
G62
B158
Red105 (41.2%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue266.88°
Saturation (HSL)43.64%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 3E · B 9E

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