Recognised as Colour

#6D3296

#6D3296
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6D3296 is a violet with RGB values 109, 50, 150 and HSL 275°, 50%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#6D3296

RGBrgb(109, 50, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.1961, 0.5882

RGB percentages42.7%, 19.6%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(275.4, 50%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.4, 66.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK27.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,156,374

CSS custom property--colour: #6D3296;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.25:1

Contrast with white8.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#92CD69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004C99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#204F94no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Tritanopia#67475Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 3.1 Purple · ΔE 17.1 Indigo · ΔE 17.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 19.2 Slate blue · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 3.09, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B9632

Analogous#3B3296, #96328D

Triadic#966D32, #32966D

Split complementary#8D9632, #32963B

Tetradic#963B32, #5B9632, #328D96

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CFB0E5

Lighter +30%#B889D8

Lighter +20%#A063CB

Lighter +10%#893FBC

Darker −10%#512570

Darker −20%#35184A

Darker −30%#1A0C23

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7219AF

Less saturated −25%#694B7D

Channel breakdown

R109

G50

B150

Red109 (42.7%)

Green50 (19.6%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue275.4°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6D · G 32 · B 96

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