Recognised as Colour

#6B1480

#6B1480
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#6B1480 is a violet with RGB values 107, 20, 128 and HSL 288°, 73%, 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 Purple.

Colour values

#6B1480#6B1480

HEX#6B1480

RGBrgb(107, 20, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.0784, 0.502

RGB percentages42%, 7.8%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(288.3, 73%, 29%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.3, 84.4%, 50.2%)

CMYK16.4%, 84.4%, 0%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,017,600

CSS custom property--colour: #6B1480;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05185WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.31:1

Contrast with white10.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#94EB7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003B83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#1B437Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Tritanopia#6A2E4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 9.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 12.7 Indigo · ΔE 14.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 24.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 9.16, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#298014

Analogous#351480, #80145F

Triadic#806B14, #14806B

Split complementary#5F8014, #148035

Tetradic#803514, #298014, #145F80

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D376EA

Lighter +30%#C54AE3

Lighter +20%#B522D8

Lighter +10%#901BAC

Darker −10%#460D54

Darker −20%#210628

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#760193

Less saturated −25%#60266E

Channel breakdown

R107

G20

B128

Red107 (42%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue288.33°

Saturation (HSL)72.97%

Lightness29.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6B · G 14 · B 80

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