Recognised as Colour

#6B317F

#6B317F
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6B317F is a violet with RGB values 107, 49, 127 and HSL 285°, 44%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#6B317F

RGBrgb(107, 49, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.1922, 0.498

RGB percentages42%, 19.2%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(284.6, 44.3%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284.6, 61.4%, 49.8%)

CMYK15.7%, 61.4%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,025,023

CSS custom property--colour: #6B317F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.86:1

Contrast with white8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#94CE80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1B4681no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#324C7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Tritanopia#6A3E53no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.6 Purple · ΔE 20.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 23.6 Dark magenta · ΔE 24.2 Indigo · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 14.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#457F31

Analogous#44317F, #7F316C

Triadic#7F6B31, #317F6B

Split complementary#6C7F31, #317F44

Tetradic#7F4431, #457F31, #316C7F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CCA1DB

Lighter +30%#B87CCD

Lighter +20%#A458BE

Lighter +10%#8A3FA4

Darker −10%#4C235A

Darker −20%#2D1535

Darker −30%#0E0611

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#761B95

Less saturated −25%#604769

Channel breakdown

R107

G49

B127

Red107 (42%)

Green49 (19.2%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue284.62°

Saturation (HSL)44.32%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6B · G 31 · B 7F

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