Colour

#6B0193

#6B0193
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#6B0193 is a violet with RGB values 107, 1, 147 and HSL 284°, 99%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#6B0193

RGBrgb(107, 1, 147)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.0039, 0.5765

RGB percentages42%, 0.4%, 57.6%

HSLhsl(283.6, 98.6%, 29%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.6, 99.3%, 57.6%)

CMYK27.2%, 99.3%, 0%, 42.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,012,755

CSS custom property--colour: #6B0193;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.24:1

Contrast with white10.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#94FE6C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003D96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#004290no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Tritanopia#663254no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 15 Purple · ΔE 16 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.8 Navy · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#299301

Analogous#220193, #930172

Triadic#936B01, #01936B

Split complementary#729301, #019322

Tetradic#932201, #299301, #017293

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D362FE

Lighter +30%#C52FFE

Lighter +20%#B502F8

Lighter +10%#9001C6

Darker −10%#460160

Darker −20%#21002E

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6B0094

Less saturated −25%#631481

Channel breakdown

R107

B147

Red107 (42%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue147 (57.6%)

Hue283.56°

Saturation (HSL)98.65%

Lightness29.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6B · G 01 · B 93

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