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Recognised as Colour

#6D148A

  • #6D148A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#6D148A is a violet with RGB values 109, 20, 138 and HSL 285°, 75%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#6D148A#6D148A
HEX#6D148A
RGBrgb(109, 20, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.0784, 0.5412
RGB percentages42.7%, 7.8%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(285.3, 74.7%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.3, 85.5%, 54.1%)
CMYK21%, 85.5%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,148,682
CSS custom property--colour: #6D148A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.92:1
Contrast with white9.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#92EB75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003E8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0E4588no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6B3251no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 10.4Indigo · ΔE 11.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.8Dark magenta · ΔE 11.9Dark orchid · ΔE 24.1Navy · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 10.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#318A14
Analogous#32148A, #8A146C
Triadic#8A6D14, #148A6D
Split complementary#6C8A14, #148A32
Tetradic#8A3214, #318A14, #146C8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D17EEC
Lighter +30%#C151E6
Lighter +20%#B125DF
Lighter +10%#901AB7
Darker −10%#4A0E5D
Darker −20%#270731
Darker −30%#030104
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#77009E
Less saturated −25%#632876

Channel breakdown

R109
G20
B138
Red109 (42.7%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue285.25°
Saturation (HSL)74.68%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G 14 · B 8A

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