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Recognised as Colour

#693FAD

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

#693FAD is a violet with RGB values 105, 63, 173 and HSL 263°, 47%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#693FAD#693FAD
HEX#693FAD
RGBrgb(105, 63, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.2471, 0.6784
RGB percentages41.2%, 24.7%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(262.9, 46.6%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.9, 63.6%, 67.8%)
CMYK39.3%, 63.6%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,897,581
CSS custom property--colour: #693FAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.2:1
Contrast with white7.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#96C052

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Tritanopia#595870no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 6.7Slate blue · ΔE 11.7Medium purple · ΔE 18.9Indigo · ΔE 19.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83AD3F
Analogous#3F4CAD, #A03FAD
Triadic#AD693F, #3FAD69
Split complementary#ADA03F, #4CAD3F
Tetradic#AD3F4C, #83AD3F, #3FADA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8CCEC
Lighter +30%#BCA6DF
Lighter +20%#A081D1
Lighter +10%#835CC3
Darker −10%#523188
Darker −20%#3C2462
Darker −30%#25163D
Darker −40%#0E0917
More saturated +25%#6221CB
Less saturated −25%#705D8F

Channel breakdown

R105
G63
B173
Red105 (41.2%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue262.91°
Saturation (HSL)46.61%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 3F · B AD

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