Recognised as Colour

#6D018A

#6D018A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#6D018A is a violet with RGB values 109, 1, 138 and HSL 287°, 99%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#6D018A

RGBrgb(109, 1, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.0039, 0.5412

RGB percentages42.7%, 0.4%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(287.3, 98.6%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.3, 99.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK21%, 99.3%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,143,818

CSS custom property--colour: #6D018A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05108WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.39:1

Contrast with white10.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#92FE75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003A8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#004288no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original

Tritanopia#6B2D4Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.6 Purple · ΔE 11.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 11.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.1 Navy · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E8A01

Analogous#29018A, #8A0162

Triadic#8A6D01, #018A6D

Split complementary#628A01, #018A29

Tetradic#8A2901, #1E8A01, #01628A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DB59FE

Lighter +30%#D027FD

Lighter +20%#BD02EF

Lighter +10%#9501BD

Darker −10%#450157

Darker −20%#1D0025

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6E008B

Less saturated −25%#631279

Channel breakdown

R109

B138

Red109 (42.7%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue287.3°

Saturation (HSL)98.56%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6D · G 01 · B 8A

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Colour values

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