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Colour

#6940A9

  • #6940A9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6940A9 is a violet with RGB values 105, 64, 169 and HSL 263°, 45%, 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

#6940A9#6940A9
HEX#6940A9
RGBrgb(105, 64, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.251, 0.6627
RGB percentages41.2%, 25.1%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(263.4, 45.1%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.4, 62.1%, 66.3%)
CMYK37.9%, 62.1%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,897,833
CSS custom property--colour: #6940A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.22:1
Contrast with white7.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#96BF56

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#1156A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5A576Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.5Slate blue · ΔE 12.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.8Medium purple · ΔE 18.4Indigo · ΔE 20.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80A940
Analogous#404BA9, #9E40A9
Triadic#A96940, #40A969
Split complementary#A99E40, #4BA940
Tetradic#A9404B, #80A940, #40A99E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7CAEB
Lighter +30%#BBA5DD
Lighter +20%#9F80CF
Lighter +10%#835BC1
Darker −10%#523284
Darker −20%#3B245F
Darker −30%#24163A
Darker −40%#0D0815
More saturated +25%#6323C6
Less saturated −25%#6F5D8C

Channel breakdown

R105
G64
B169
Red105 (41.2%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue263.43°
Saturation (HSL)45.06%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 40 · B A9

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