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Colour

#6B368D

  • #6B368D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6B368D is a violet with RGB values 107, 54, 141 and HSL 277°, 45%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#6B368D#6B368D
HEX#6B368D
RGBrgb(107, 54, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.2118, 0.5529
RGB percentages42%, 21.2%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(276.6, 44.6%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.6, 61.7%, 55.3%)
CMYK24.1%, 61.7%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,026,317
CSS custom property--colour: #6B368D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.28:1
Contrast with white8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#94C972

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#134C90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#2C4F8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Tritanopia#66465Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 14Purple · ΔE 19.9Midnight blue · ΔE 21.8Slate blue · ΔE 22.5Indigo · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#588D36
Analogous#40368D, #8D3684
Triadic#8D6B36, #368D6B
Split complementary#848D36, #368D40
Tetradic#8D4036, #588D36, #36848D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDAFE0
Lighter +30%#B68AD2
Lighter +20%#9F65C4
Lighter +10%#8744B2
Darker −10%#4F2868
Darker −20%#331A43
Darker −30%#170C1E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#701EA5
Less saturated −25%#664E75

Channel breakdown

R107
G54
B141
Red107 (42%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue276.55°
Saturation (HSL)44.62%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 36 · B 8D

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