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Recognised as Colour

#6B4E92

  • #6B4E92
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#6B4E92 is a violet with RGB values 107, 78, 146 and HSL 266°, 30%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#6B4E92#6B4E92
HEX#6B4E92
RGBrgb(107, 78, 146)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.3059, 0.5725
RGB percentages42%, 30.6%, 57.3%
HSLhsl(265.6, 30.4%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.6, 46.6%, 57.3%)
CMYK26.7%, 46.6%, 0%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,032,466
CSS custom property--colour: #6B4E92;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1065WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.71:1
Contrast with white6.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#94B16D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3B5B94no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#425C90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#645A69no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.1Medium purple · ΔE 25.3Slate blue · ΔE 27Midnight blue · ΔE 28.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 12.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75924E
Analogous#4E5392, #8D4E92
Triadic#926B4E, #4E926B
Split complementary#928D4E, #53924E
Tetradic#924E53, #75924E, #4E928D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4CAE2
Lighter +30%#BAA8D1
Lighter +20%#9F87BF
Lighter +10%#8466AD
Darker −10%#533C71
Darker −20%#3A2A50
Darker −30%#22192E
Darker −40%#0A070D
More saturated +25%#6732AE
Less saturated −25%#6F6A76

Channel breakdown

R107
G78
B146
Red107 (42%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue146 (57.3%)
Hue265.59°
Saturation (HSL)30.36%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 4E · B 92

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