Colour

#6C0288

#6C0288
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#6C0288 is a violet with RGB values 108, 2, 136 and HSL 287°, 97%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#6C0288

RGBrgb(108, 2, 136)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.0078, 0.5333

RGB percentages42.4%, 0.8%, 53.3%

HSLhsl(287.5, 97.1%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.5, 98.5%, 53.3%)

CMYK20.6%, 98.5%, 0%, 46.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,078,536

CSS custom property--colour: #6C0288;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.49:1

Contrast with white10.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#93FD77

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003A8Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#004286no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original

Tritanopia#6A2C4Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.5 Purple · ΔE 10.8 Dark magenta · ΔE 11.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 23 Navy · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E8802

Analogous#290288, #880261

Triadic#886C02, #02886C

Split complementary#618802, #028829

Tetradic#882902, #1E8802, #026188

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DA59FD

Lighter +30%#CF27FC

Lighter +20%#BC03ED

Lighter +10%#9403BA

Darker −10%#440156

Darker −20%#1C0123

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6D008A

Less saturated −25%#621377

Channel breakdown

R108

B136

Red108 (42.4%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue136 (53.3%)

Hue287.46°

Saturation (HSL)97.1%

Lightness27.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6C · G 02 · B 88

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