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Recognised as Colour

#6B218E

  • #6B218E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6B218E is a violet with RGB values 107, 33, 142 and HSL 281°, 62%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#6B218E#6B218E
HEX#6B218E
RGBrgb(107, 33, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.1294, 0.5569
RGB percentages42%, 12.9%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(280.7, 62.3%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.7, 76.8%, 55.7%)
CMYK24.6%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,020,942
CSS custom property--colour: #6B218E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06167WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.4:1
Contrast with white9.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#94DE71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004391no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#11488Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Tritanopia#673A56no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.7Indigo · ΔE 12.5Purple · ΔE 12.8Dark magenta · ΔE 14.7Midnight blue · ΔE 23.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#448E21
Analogous#34218E, #8E217B
Triadic#8E6B21, #218E6B
Split complementary#7A8E21, #218E34
Tetradic#8E3521, #448E21, #217B8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CC95E6
Lighter +30%#B86BDD
Lighter +20%#A442D3
Lighter +10%#8A2BB7
Darker −10%#4C1765
Darker −20%#2D0E3B
Darker −30%#0D0412
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#730BA4
Less saturated −25%#633778

Channel breakdown

R107
G33
B142
Red107 (42%)
Green33 (12.9%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue280.73°
Saturation (HSL)62.29%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 21 · B 8E

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