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Colour

#6B1489

  • #6B1489
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#6B1489 is a violet with RGB values 107, 20, 137 and HSL 285°, 75%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#6B1489#6B1489
HEX#6B1489
RGBrgb(107, 20, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.0784, 0.5373
RGB percentages42%, 7.8%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(284.6, 74.5%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.6, 85.4%, 53.7%)
CMYK21.9%, 85.4%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,017,609
CSS custom property--colour: #6B1489;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.06:1
Contrast with white10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#94EB76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003D8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0A4487no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Tritanopia#683251no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 10.8Indigo · ΔE 11Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.4Dark magenta · ΔE 12.5Dark orchid · ΔE 24.6Midnight blue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 10.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#328914
Analogous#311489, #89146D
Triadic#896B14, #14896B
Split complementary#6C8914, #148931
Tetradic#893114, #328914, #146C89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D07DEC
Lighter +30%#BF50E6
Lighter +20%#AF24DF
Lighter +10%#8E1AB6
Darker −10%#480E5C
Darker −20%#250730
Darker −30%#030103
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#75009D
Less saturated −25%#612875

Channel breakdown

R107
G20
B137
Red107 (42%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue284.62°
Saturation (HSL)74.52%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 14 · B 89

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