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Recognised as Colour

#6B26BA

  • #6B26BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#6B26BA is a violet with RGB values 107, 38, 186 and HSL 268°, 66%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#6B26BA#6B26BA
HEX#6B26BA
RGBrgb(107, 38, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.149, 0.7294
RGB percentages42%, 14.9%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(268, 66.1%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268, 79.6%, 72.9%)
CMYK42.5%, 79.6%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,022,266
CSS custom property--colour: #6B26BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.04:1
Contrast with white8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#94D945

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#004FB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Tritanopia#574F70no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 12.7Blue violet · ΔE 17.4Indigo · ΔE 19Dark violet · ΔE 20Dark blue · ΔE 21.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 12.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75BA26
Analogous#262BBA, #B526BA
Triadic#BA6B26, #26BA6B
Split complementary#BAB526, #2BBA26
Tetradic#BA262B, #75BA26, #26BAB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4BBF1
Lighter +30%#BA91E8
Lighter +20%#9F66E0
Lighter +10%#843CD7
Darker −10%#531D90
Darker −20%#3A1565
Darker −30%#220C3B
Darker −40%#0A0311
More saturated +25%#690AD6
Less saturated −25%#6D429E

Channel breakdown

R107
G38
B186
Red107 (42%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue267.97°
Saturation (HSL)66.07%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 26 · B BA

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