Colour

#6A129B

#6A129B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#6A129B is a violet with RGB values 106, 18, 155 and HSL 279°, 79%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#6A129B

RGBrgb(106, 18, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.0706, 0.6078

RGB percentages41.6%, 7.1%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(278.5, 79.2%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.5, 88.4%, 60.8%)

CMYK31.6%, 88.4%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,951,579

CSS custom property--colour: #6A129B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05863WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.67:1

Contrast with white9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#95ED64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00429Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#004598no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Tritanopia#623A5Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 17.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.3 Purple · ΔE 18.2 Dark blue · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#439B12

Analogous#26129B, #9B1287

Triadic#9B6A12, #129B6A

Split complementary#879B12, #129B26

Tetradic#9B2612, #439B12, #12879B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#CB88F1

Lighter +30%#B85AEC

Lighter +20%#A42CE7

Lighter +10%#8917C9

Darker −10%#4B0D6D

Darker −20%#2C0740

Darker −30%#0C0212

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6F00AD

Less saturated −25%#642885

Channel breakdown

R106

G18

B155

Red106 (41.6%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue278.54°

Saturation (HSL)79.19%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6A · G 12 · B 9B

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