Recognised as Colour

#6E109D

#6E109D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#6E109D is a violet with RGB values 110, 16, 157 and HSL 280°, 82%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#6E109D#6E109D

HEX#6E109D

RGBrgb(110, 16, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0627, 0.6157

RGB percentages43.1%, 6.3%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(280, 81.5%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 89.8%, 61.6%)

CMYK29.9%, 89.8%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,213,213

CSS custom property--colour: #6E109D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0612WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.44:1

Contrast with white9.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#91EF62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0043A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#00479Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original

Tritanopia#673A5Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 11.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 16.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 16.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.7 Purple · ΔE 18.2 Dark blue · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 11.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3F9D10

Analogous#28109D, #9D1085

Triadic#9D6E10, #109D6E

Split complementary#859D10, #109D27

Tetradic#9D2810, #3F9D10, #10869D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CF86F3

Lighter +30%#BC58EE

Lighter +20%#A92AE9

Lighter +10%#8E15CB

Darker −10%#4E0B6F

Darker −20%#2D0740

Darker −30%#0D0212

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7300AD

Less saturated −25%#672687

Channel breakdown

R110

G16

B157

Red110 (43.1%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)81.5%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6E · G 10 · B 9D

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