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Recognised as Colour

#6C618D

  • #6C618D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#6C618D is a violet with RGB values 108, 97, 141 and HSL 255°, 18%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#6C618D#6C618D
HEX#6C618D
RGBrgb(108, 97, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.3804, 0.5529
RGB percentages42.4%, 38%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(255, 18.5%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 31.2%, 55.3%)
CMYK23.4%, 31.2%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,102,861
CSS custom property--colour: #6C618D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13661WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.63:1
Contrast with white5.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#939E72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#56688Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#58678Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#656871no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 22.3Steel blue · ΔE 22.4Light slate grey · ΔE 23.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.1Dim grey · ΔE 26.8Gray · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 22.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#828D61
Analogous#616C8D, #82618D
Triadic#8D6C61, #618D6C
Split complementary#8D8261, #6C8D61
Tetradic#8D616C, #828D61, #618D82

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAD7E3
Lighter +30%#BEB8CE
Lighter +20%#A29ABA
Lighter +10%#867CA5
Darker −10%#554C6F
Darker −20%#3E3751
Darker −30%#272332
Darker −40%#0F0E14
More saturated +25%#5D43AB
Less saturated −25%#777777

Channel breakdown

R108
G97
B141
Red108 (42.4%)
Green97 (38%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue255°
Saturation (HSL)18.49%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G 61 · B 8D

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