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Recognised as Colour

#6A117F

  • #6A117F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#6A117F is a violet with RGB values 106, 17, 127 and HSL 289°, 76%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#6A117F#6A117F
HEX#6A117F
RGBrgb(106, 17, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.0667, 0.498
RGB percentages41.6%, 6.7%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(288.5, 76.4%, 28.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.5, 86.6%, 49.8%)
CMYK16.5%, 86.6%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,951,295
CSS custom property--colour: #6A117F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04997WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.5:1
Contrast with white10.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#95EE80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003A82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#18427Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Tritanopia#692C4Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 9.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.4Dark magenta · ΔE 12.6Indigo · ΔE 13.8Midnight blue · ΔE 24.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#267F11
Analogous#33117F, #7F115D
Triadic#7F6A11, #117F6A
Split complementary#5D7F11, #117F33
Tetradic#7F3311, #267F11, #115D7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D470EC
Lighter +30%#C743E6
Lighter +20%#B51DD9
Lighter +10%#9017AC
Darker −10%#440B52
Darker −20%#1F0525
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#750090
Less saturated −25%#5F236D

Channel breakdown

R106
G17
B127
Red106 (41.6%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue288.55°
Saturation (HSL)76.39%
Lightness28.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 11 · B 7F

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