Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#6A39BE

  • #6A39BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#6A39BE is a violet with RGB values 106, 57, 190 and HSL 262°, 54%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#6A39BE#6A39BE
HEX#6A39BE
RGBrgb(106, 57, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.2235, 0.7451
RGB percentages41.6%, 22.4%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(262.1, 53.8%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 70%, 74.5%)
CMYK44.2%, 70%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,961,598
CSS custom property--colour: #6A39BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.14:1
Contrast with white7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#95C641

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#535A77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 16.2Slate blue · ΔE 16.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.8Indigo · ΔE 19Dark blue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 16.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DBE39
Analogous#394ABE, #AD39BE
Triadic#BE6A39, #39BE6A
Split complementary#BEAD39, #4ABE39
Tetradic#BE394A, #8DBE39, #39BEAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDD2F1
Lighter +30%#C0AAE6
Lighter +20%#A383DA
Lighter +10%#865CCE
Darker −10%#542D97
Darker −20%#3E2170
Darker −30%#281648
Darker −40%#120A21
More saturated +25%#621ADD
Less saturated −25%#72589F

Channel breakdown

R106
G57
B190
Red106 (41.6%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue262.11°
Saturation (HSL)53.85%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 39 · B BE

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “6a39be” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.