Recognised as Colour

#6D209D

#6D209D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#6D209D is a violet with RGB values 109, 32, 157 and HSL 277°, 66%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#6D209D#6D209D

HEX#6D209D

RGBrgb(109, 32, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.1255, 0.6157

RGB percentages42.7%, 12.5%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(277, 66.1%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277, 79.6%, 61.6%)

CMYK30.6%, 79.6%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,151,773

CSS custom property--colour: #6D209D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06719WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.96:1

Contrast with white8.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#92DF62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0047A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#004A9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original

Tritanopia#65405Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 16.3 Purple · ΔE 16.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.4 Navy · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#509D20

Analogous#2F209D, #9D208E

Triadic#9D6D20, #209D6D

Split complementary#8F9D20, #209D2E

Tetradic#9D2E20, #509D20, #208E9D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CD9EEB

Lighter +30%#B873E3

Lighter +20%#A249DA

Lighter +10%#8A29C7

Darker −10%#501773

Darker −20%#320F48

Darker −30%#15061E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7208B5

Less saturated −25%#683885

Channel breakdown

R109

G32

B157

Red109 (42.7%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue276.96°

Saturation (HSL)66.14%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6D · G 20 · B 9D

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