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Recognised as Colour

#6D197E

  • #6D197E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#6D197E is a violet with RGB values 109, 25, 126 and HSL 290°, 67%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#6D197E#6D197E
HEX#6D197E
RGBrgb(109, 25, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.098, 0.4941
RGB percentages42.7%, 9.8%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(289.9, 66.9%, 29.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.9, 80.2%, 49.4%)
CMYK13.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,149,950
CSS custom property--colour: #6D197E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05453WCAG 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 10.05:1
Contrast with white10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#92E681

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003C81no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#23457Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Tritanopia#6D2E4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 9.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.2Dark magenta · ΔE 13.7Indigo · ΔE 16.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.1Midnight blue · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2A7E19
Analogous#3B197E, #7E195C
Triadic#7E6D19, #197E6D
Split complementary#5D7E19, #197E3A
Tetradic#7E3B19, #2A7E19, #195C7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D47EE5
Lighter +30%#C653DD
Lighter +20%#B72AD3
Lighter +10%#9221A9
Darker −10%#481153
Darker −20%#230829
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7A0691
Less saturated −25%#602C6B

Channel breakdown

R109
G25
B126
Red109 (42.7%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue289.9°
Saturation (HSL)66.89%
Lightness29.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G 19 · B 7E

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