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Recognised as Colour

#694F8E

  • #694F8E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#694F8E is a violet with RGB values 105, 79, 142 and HSL 265°, 29%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#694F8E#694F8E
HEX#694F8E
RGBrgb(105, 79, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.3098, 0.5569
RGB percentages41.2%, 31%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(264.8, 28.5%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.8, 44.4%, 55.7%)
CMYK26.1%, 44.4%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,901,646
CSS custom property--colour: #694F8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.75:1
Contrast with white6.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#96B071

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3E5B90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#445B8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#625A67no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.1Medium purple · ΔE 27.8Slate blue · ΔE 29.8Midnight blue · ΔE 30.4Steel blue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 13.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#748E4F
Analogous#4F548E, #894F8E
Triadic#8E694F, #4F8E69
Split complementary#8E894F, #558E4F
Tetradic#8E4F54, #748E4F, #4F8E89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2C8E1
Lighter +30%#B8A8CE
Lighter +20%#9D87BC
Lighter +10%#8266AA
Darker −10%#513D6D
Darker −20%#392B4C
Darker −30%#20182C
Darker −40%#08060B
More saturated +25%#6433AA
Less saturated −25%#6E6B72

Channel breakdown

R105
G79
B142
Red105 (41.2%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue264.76°
Saturation (HSL)28.51%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 4F · B 8E

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