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Recognised as Colour

#6A0697

  • #6A0697
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#6A0697 is a violet with RGB values 106, 6, 151 and HSL 281°, 92%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#6A0697#6A0697
HEX#6A0697
RGBrgb(106, 6, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.0235, 0.5922
RGB percentages41.6%, 2.4%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(281.4, 92.4%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.4, 96%, 59.2%)
CMYK29.8%, 96%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,948,503
CSS custom property--colour: #6A0697;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05429WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.07:1
Contrast with white10.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#95F968

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003E9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Deuteranopia#004394no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Tritanopia#633557no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.2Dark magenta · ΔE 16.4Purple · ΔE 17.6Dark orchid · ΔE 17.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.9Dark blue · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#339706
Analogous#220697, #97067B
Triadic#976A06, #06976A
Split complementary#7B9706, #069722
Tetradic#972206, #339706, #067B97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CF70F9
Lighter +30%#BE3FF7
Lighter +20%#AD0EF5
Lighter +10%#8C08C8
Darker −10%#480466
Darker −20%#250235
Darker −30%#030004
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6C009D
Less saturated −25%#631A83

Channel breakdown

R106
G6
B151
Red106 (41.6%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue281.38°
Saturation (HSL)92.36%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 06 · B 97

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