Colour

#6E148D

#6E148D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#6E148D is a violet with RGB values 110, 20, 141 and HSL 285°, 75%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

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HEX#6E148D

RGBrgb(110, 20, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0784, 0.5529

RGB percentages43.1%, 7.8%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(284.6, 75.2%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284.6, 85.8%, 55.3%)

CMYK22%, 85.8%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,214,221

CSS custom property--colour: #6E148D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.78:1

Contrast with white9.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#91EB72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003F90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#08468Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Tritanopia#6B3353no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 11 Indigo · ΔE 11.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 11.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.7 Navy · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 11.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#338D14

Analogous#31148D, #8D1470

Triadic#8D6E14, #148D6E

Split complementary#708D14, #148D32

Tetradic#8D3214, #338D14, #14708D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D180ED

Lighter +30%#C153E7

Lighter +20%#B127E0

Lighter +10%#911ABA

Darker −10%#4B0E60

Darker −20%#280734

Darker −30%#050107

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7800A1

Less saturated −25%#642879

Channel breakdown

R110

G20

B141

Red110 (43.1%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue284.63°

Saturation (HSL)75.16%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6E · G 14 · B 8D

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