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Recognised as Colour

#6A4088

  • #6A4088
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#6A4088 is a violet with RGB values 106, 64, 136 and HSL 275°, 36%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#6A4088#6A4088
HEX#6A4088
RGBrgb(106, 64, 136)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.251, 0.5333
RGB percentages41.6%, 25.1%, 53.3%
HSLhsl(275, 36%, 39.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275, 52.9%, 53.3%)
CMYK22.1%, 52.9%, 0%, 46.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,963,336
CSS custom property--colour: #6A4088;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.77:1
Contrast with white7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#95BF77

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2C508Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#395386no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Tritanopia#664C5Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 11.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.5Midnight blue · ΔE 25.1Medium purple · ΔE 26.4Slate blue · ΔE 26.8Purple · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 11.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E8840
Analogous#464088, #884082
Triadic#886A40, #40886A
Split complementary#828840, #408846
Tetradic#884640, #5E8840, #408288

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDB7DD
Lighter +30%#B594CD
Lighter +20%#9D72BC
Lighter +10%#8550AB
Darker −10%#4F3065
Darker −20%#341F43
Darker −30%#190F20
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6E27A1
Less saturated −25%#66596F

Channel breakdown

R106
G64
B136
Red106 (41.6%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue136 (53.3%)
Hue275°
Saturation (HSL)36%
Lightness39.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 40 · B 88

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