Colour

#6E0696

#6E0696
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#6E0696 is a violet with RGB values 110, 6, 150 and HSL 283°, 92%, 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 Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#6E0696

RGBrgb(110, 6, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0235, 0.5882

RGB percentages43.1%, 2.4%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(283.3, 92.3%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.3, 96%, 58.8%)

CMYK26.7%, 96%, 0%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,210,646

CSS custom property--colour: #6E0696;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05647WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.86:1

Contrast with white9.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#91F969

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003F99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#004593no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Tritanopia#693457no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 14.7 Purple · ΔE 16 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.8 Navy · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E9606

Analogous#260696, #960676

Triadic#966E06, #06966E

Split complementary#769606, #069626

Tetradic#962606, #2E9606, #067696

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D36FF9

Lighter +30%#C43EF7

Lighter +20%#B50DF5

Lighter +10%#9208C7

Darker −10%#4A0465

Darker −20%#260234

Darker −30%#020003

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#71009C

Less saturated −25%#651A83

Channel breakdown

R110

B150

Red110 (43.1%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue283.33°

Saturation (HSL)92.31%

Lightness30.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6E · G 06 · B 96

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