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Recognised as Colour

#6B41BD

  • #6B41BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6B41BD is a violet with RGB values 107, 65, 189 and HSL 260°, 49%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#6B41BD#6B41BD
HEX#6B41BD
RGBrgb(107, 65, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.2549, 0.7412
RGB percentages42%, 25.5%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(260.3, 48.8%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.3, 65.6%, 74.1%)
CMYK43.4%, 65.6%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,029,181
CSS custom property--colour: #6B41BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10581WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.74:1
Contrast with white6.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#94BE42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0059BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Tritanopia#545E79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 11.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.6Dark orchid · ΔE 19.7Indigo · ΔE 20.1Medium purple · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 11.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93BD41
Analogous#4155BD, #A941BD
Triadic#BD6B41, #41BD6B
Split complementary#BDA941, #55BD41
Tetradic#BD4155, #93BD41, #41BDA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1D8F2
Lighter +30%#C3B2E5
Lighter +20%#A68CD8
Lighter +10%#8866CB
Darker −10%#563497
Darker −20%#402771
Darker −30%#2B1A4B
Darker −40%#150D25
More saturated +25%#6121DD
Less saturated −25%#75619D

Channel breakdown

R107
G65
B189
Red107 (42%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue260.32°
Saturation (HSL)48.82%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 41 · B BD

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