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Recognised as Colour

#6E1787

  • #6E1787
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#6E1787 is a violet with RGB values 110, 23, 135 and HSL 287°, 71%, 31%. 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

#6E1787#6E1787
HEX#6E1787
RGBrgb(110, 23, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0902, 0.5294
RGB percentages43.1%, 9%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(286.6, 70.9%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.6, 83%, 52.9%)
CMYK18.5%, 83%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,214,983
CSS custom property--colour: #6E1787;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05677WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.83:1
Contrast with white9.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#91E878

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003E8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#184685no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6D3250no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 9.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.2Dark magenta · ΔE 11.8Indigo · ΔE 13.2Midnight blue · ΔE 25.1Dark orchid · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 9.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#308717
Analogous#361787, #871768
Triadic#876E17, #17876E
Split complementary#688717, #178736
Tetradic#873617, #308717, #176887

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D281E9
Lighter +30%#C355E2
Lighter +20%#B329DB
Lighter +10%#921EB3
Darker −10%#4A105B
Darker −20%#270830
Darker −30%#030104
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#79039B
Less saturated −25%#632B73

Channel breakdown

R110
G23
B135
Red110 (43.1%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue286.61°
Saturation (HSL)70.89%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 17 · B 87

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