Recognised as Colour

#693EE7

#693EE7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#693EE7 is a violet with RGB values 105, 62, 231 and HSL 255°, 78%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#693EE7#693EE7

HEX#693EE7

RGBrgb(105, 62, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.2431, 0.9059

RGB percentages41.2%, 24.3%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(255.3, 77.9%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.3, 73.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK54.5%, 73.2%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,897,383

CSS custom property--colour: #693EE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.1:1

Contrast with white6.1:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#96C118

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0066ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#005DE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Tritanopia#316D90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.8 Dark violet · ΔE 19.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.8 Medium blue · ΔE 22.5 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.6 Dark blue · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BCE73E

Analogous#3E67E7, #BE3EE7

Triadic#E7693E, #3EE769

Split complementary#E7BE3E, #67E73E

Tetradic#E73E67, #BCE73E, #3EE7BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F3FE

Lighter +30%#D3C6F8

Lighter +20%#B099F2

Lighter +10%#8C6BED

Darker −10%#4B1BD7

Darker −20%#3B15AA

Darker −30%#2B0F7D

Darker −40%#1B0A4F

More saturated +25%#5D26FF

Less saturated −25%#7659CC

Channel breakdown

R105

G62

B231

Red105 (41.2%)

Green62 (24.3%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue255.27°

Saturation (HSL)77.88%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 69 · G 3E · B E7

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