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Recognised as Colour

#6A488B

  • #6A488B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#6A488B is a violet with RGB values 106, 72, 139 and HSL 270°, 32%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#6A488B#6A488B
HEX#6A488B
RGBrgb(106, 72, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.2824, 0.5451
RGB percentages41.6%, 28.2%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(270.4, 31.8%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.4, 48.2%, 54.5%)
CMYK23.7%, 48.2%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,965,387
CSS custom property--colour: #6A488B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09563WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.21:1
Contrast with white7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#95B774

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#36568Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F5789no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Tritanopia#655363no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.4Medium purple · ΔE 26.8Midnight blue · ΔE 27.7Slate blue · ΔE 28.2Purple · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 12.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#698B48
Analogous#49488B, #8B488A
Triadic#8B6A48, #488B6A
Split complementary#8B8B48, #488B49
Tetradic#8B4948, #698B48, #488A8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D0C0DF
Lighter +30%#B69FCD
Lighter +20%#9D7DBC
Lighter +10%#845CAA
Darker −10%#503769
Darker −20%#372548
Darker −30%#1D1426
Darker −40%#040205
More saturated +25%#6A2EA5
Less saturated −25%#6A6271

Channel breakdown

R106
G72
B139
Red106 (41.6%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue270.45°
Saturation (HSL)31.75%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 48 · B 8B

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