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Recognised as Colour

#6B218B

  • #6B218B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6B218B is a violet with RGB values 107, 33, 139 and HSL 282°, 62%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#6B218B#6B218B
HEX#6B218B
RGBrgb(107, 33, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.1294, 0.5451
RGB percentages42%, 12.9%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(281.9, 61.6%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.9, 76.3%, 54.5%)
CMYK23%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,020,939
CSS custom property--colour: #6B218B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06078WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.48:1
Contrast with white9.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#94DE74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00428Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#164789no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Tritanopia#683954no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.7Purple · ΔE 12.3Indigo · ΔE 13.4Dark magenta · ΔE 14.8Midnight blue · ΔE 22.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#418B21
Analogous#36218B, #8B2176
Triadic#8B6B21, #218B6B
Split complementary#768B21, #218B36
Tetradic#8B3621, #418B21, #21768B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CC93E5
Lighter +30%#B969DC
Lighter +20%#A640D2
Lighter +10%#8B2BB4
Darker −10%#4B1762
Darker −20%#2C0D39
Darker −30%#0C040F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#740CA0
Less saturated −25%#623675

Channel breakdown

R107
G33
B139
Red107 (42%)
Green33 (12.9%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue281.89°
Saturation (HSL)61.63%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 21 · B 8B

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