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Colour

#6C1480

  • #6C1480
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#6C1480 is a violet with RGB values 108, 20, 128 and HSL 289°, 73%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#6C1480#6C1480
HEX#6C1480
RGBrgb(108, 20, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.0784, 0.502
RGB percentages42.4%, 7.8%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(288.9, 73%, 29%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.9, 84.4%, 50.2%)
CMYK15.6%, 84.4%, 0%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,083,136
CSS custom property--colour: #6C1480;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05247WCAG 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 10.25:1
Contrast with white10.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#93EB7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003B83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#1C437Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6C2D4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 8.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.1Dark magenta · ΔE 12.4Indigo · ΔE 14.6Midnight blue · ΔE 24.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#288014
Analogous#361480, #80145E
Triadic#806C14, #14806C
Split complementary#5E8014, #148036
Tetradic#803614, #288014, #145E80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D476EA
Lighter +30%#C74AE3
Lighter +20%#B622D8
Lighter +10%#911BAC
Darker −10%#470D54
Darker −20%#220628
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#780193
Less saturated −25%#60266E

Channel breakdown

R108
G20
B128
Red108 (42.4%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue288.89°
Saturation (HSL)72.97%
Lightness29.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G 14 · B 80

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