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Recognised as Colour

#6B058D

  • #6B058D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#6B058D is a violet with RGB values 107, 5, 141 and HSL 285°, 93%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#6B058D#6B058D
HEX#6B058D
RGBrgb(107, 5, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.0196, 0.5529
RGB percentages42%, 2%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(285, 93.2%, 28.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285, 96.5%, 55.3%)
CMYK24.1%, 96.5%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,013,773
CSS custom property--colour: #6B058D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.34:1
Contrast with white10.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#94FA72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003B90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#00428Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Tritanopia#673051no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9.6Dark magenta · ΔE 12.9Purple · ΔE 12.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.3Dark orchid · ΔE 21.3Navy · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#278D05
Analogous#27058D, #8D056B
Triadic#8D6B05, #058D6B
Split complementary#6B8D05, #058D27
Tetradic#8D2705, #278D05, #056B8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D464FA
Lighter +30%#C733F8
Lighter +20%#B608F0
Lighter +10%#9007BE
Darker −10%#46035C
Darker −20%#20022A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6E0092
Less saturated −25%#62177B

Channel breakdown

R107
G5
B141
Red107 (42%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue285°
Saturation (HSL)93.15%
Lightness28.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 05 · B 8D

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